Erica Charis-Molling’s ‘19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) chapbook How We Burn won the Robin Becker Series prize and will be published by Seven Kitchens Press in 2022.
Shonda Buchanan ‘10
Shonda Buchanan ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) led a generative workshop as part of the California Poets in the Schools Symposium.
Marva Hinton ‘10
Marva Hinton ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) interviewed author Deesha Philyaw ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) and author Brian Broome for the Read More podcast.
Jessica O’Dwyer ‘18
Jessica O’Dwyer’s ‘18 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) novel Mother Mother was a 2021 San Diego Book Awards winner for Published General Fiction, a National Indie Excellence Awards finalist,…
Lowell Blank ‘18
Lowell Blank ‘18 (Santa Barbara, MFA in Writing) recently formed a production company with writer/director Lane Michael Stanley, called Secretly Famous Productions. They will begin production on their 2nd Independent…
William Stegemann ‘17
William Stegemann ‘17 (Los Angeles, BA Liberal Studies) was welcomed as Colombia County Habitat for Humanity’s New ReStore Manager. He is responsible for overseeing all ReStore operations, ranging from donations…
Khavin Debbs ‘18
Khavin Debbs ‘18 (Seattle, MA in Education with Urban Environmental Education) was promoted to Deputy Executive Director of Preschool and Community Programs Tiny Trees Preschool. In this role, Debbs will…
Lauren Kinney ‘17
Lauren Kinney ‘17 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) taught a flash fiction workshop for 7th–12th graders this summer for the Austin Library Foundation’s Badgerdog program.
Adrian Ernesto Cepeda ‘16
Adrian Ernesto Cepeda‘s ’16 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) poetry collection, We Are the Ones Possessed, will be published by CLASH Books in 2022. His poem, “Verses Almost Sent to…
Lisa Eve Cheby
Lisa Eve Cheby’s ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) piece, “Weeding in the Patriarchy,” appeared in Ethel.
Lena Morán-Acereto ‘16
Lena Morán-Acereto ‘16 (Santa Barbara, MEd) returned to the board of the Wilderness Youth Project (WYP) after a leave of absence taken while she served as a consultant advising WYP’s…
Gabriella Souza ‘19
Gabriella Souza’s ‘19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) essay, “The #Midwessay: Far Enough,” appeared in Essay Daily and her interview, “Squaring Inherent Darkness and Femininity: A Conversation with Maria…