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  • Kate Sipe ’02

    What if classrooms were envisioned as a small democracy? What if our students practiced democracy in their classroom year after year? Further, what if they knew they deserved it? Kate Sipe, ’02, Seattle MA in Education with Graduate Teacher Preparation and an adjunct faculty who teaches Classroom Management courses, published a timely post in Medium in…

  • Yodit Semu

    MA in Urban Sustainability alumna Yodit Semu was featured on podcast The Accidental Safety Pro on October 28, 2020 discussing her work in urban sustainability. Yodit is currently the coordinator of the environmental career worker training program at UCLA’s Labor Occupational Safety and Health Division. She is also an educator, providing environmental justice and most…

  • Melissa Greenwood ‘16

    Melissa Greenwood’s ‘16 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) essay, “The Stain,” was nominated for Best Small Fiction by Meow Meow Pow Pow.

  • Alex Simand ‘16

    Alex Simand’s ‘16 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) piece, “How to Write Through a Pandemic,” was nominated for Best Small Fiction by Meow Meow Pow Pow.  

  • Andressa Lutiano

    Andressa Lutiano (Online, IMA) was interviewed about her work at Wish School, the bilingual school in São Paulo that she directs. The interview covers the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote learning, and the importance of innovation. Lutiano is interviewed in Portuguese, however auto-generated English subtitles can be turned on, and they work great. Find…

  • Noah McIntyre 

    Noah McIntyre (Online, IMA) was interviewed by Kelle Sparta on her podcast “Spirit Sherpa.” The episode, titled “Graditute with Noah McIntyre,” is a deep discussion of the practice of gratitude and the impact it can have on everyday life. He talks about his experiences being taught to meditate by Thich Nhat Hanh, working as an…

  • Victoria Chang

    Victoria Chang, Chair of AULA’s MFA in Creative Writing, has had her fifth book of poems, Obit,  selected by Time magazine as one of 100 “Must-Read” books of 2020. The Time editors say that Chang captures the “visceral, heart-stopping ache” of grief in these poems, which were written in the wake of the death of…

  • Gabriella Souza Emmett ‘19

    Gabriella Souza Emmett ‘19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) received the Carlisle Family Scholarship to attend the Community of Writers Fiction Workshop in the summer of 2021.

  • Mindy Velasco ’19

    Mindy Velasco ’19 (Los Angeles, MA) serves as California Program Manager for the Latino Coalition for Community Leadership.

  • Michelle Suzanne Snyder ’19

    Michelle Suzanne Snyder ’19 (Los Angeles, MA) began working as an arts educator at CSU-Long Beach. She also launched her own business, DreamOut People’s Project, a customized workshop that blends oral history, writing, and visual art for community building.

  • Andrew Parsons ’19

    Andrew Parsons ’19 (Seattle, MA) received the Teacher of the Year award at Park Orchard Elementary School in the Kent School District for the 2019-2020 school year.

  • Yolanda Davis-Overstreet ’18

    Yolanda Davis-Overstreet ’18 (Los Angeles, MA) is producing a series called “Black Lives Roll’en” through KPFK radio show Bike Talk.