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Author: Malia Márquez

Malia Márquez was born in New Mexico and grew up in New England. She holds a BFA in 3D Fine Arts from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University's Los Angeles campus. She has worked as a restaurant server and cook, a high school art and film studies teacher, and once upon a time was co-owner of a small tortilla company. Author of This Fierce Blood and City of Smoke and Sea, she lives in Los Angeles with her family, where she is at work on her next novel.

MA in Psychology students Joanne Candler, Karen Krulevitch, Kathy Miller, Annette Goodheart, Greg Brown, and Lois Klein pose at a graduation after-party.

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- History

The Jewel in the Crown: An Oral History of Antioch’s Santa Barbara Campus

Posted byby Malia Márquez
February 13, 2024
12 minute read

Six voices come together to share an oral history of the early days of Antioch’s Santa Barbara campus.

Illustration of woman nurturing growth of a tree

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- History

50 Years in the City of Angels

Posted byby Malia Márquez
November 8, 2022
8 minute read

A half-century after helping open Antioch’s Los Angeles campus, Al Erdynast is still looking forward to what comes next.

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- Environmental Studies

Antioch Invests in Environment and Community at Glover’s Ledge

Posted byby Malia Márquez
November 7, 2022
1 minute read

Antioch’s teaching forest, Glover’s Ledge, sits on 81 acres of conserved land in Langdon, New Hampshire.

Posted in
- Counseling, Psychology, & Therapy

Antioch’s Showbiz-to-Psychology Pipeline

Posted byby Malia Márquez
December 19, 2021
8 minute read

Your first session with a new therapist. They call you into the office. You take a seat on the couch and mentally prepare to process life’s challenges—all the while thinking, in the back of your mind, This person looks familiar. Only in LA, right?Well, no…