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…
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…
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.
Sabrina Moore ’19
Sabrina Moore ’19 (Los Angeles, MA) is now working as a Development Associate at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. The position supports the director, campaign committees, and the board.
Erica Charis Molling ’19
Erica Charis Molling ’19 (Los Angeles, MFA) produced and launched “In This Place (An American Lyric),” a video featuring recitations of National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman and 16 other…
Cristina Medina ’19
Cristina Medina ’19 (Los Angeles, MFA) was selected as a finalist for North America Review’s James Hearst Poetry Prize by Guest Judge Ilya Kaminsky for her poem “Etymology of a…
Julia Caroline Knowlton ’19
Julia Caroline Knowlton ’19 (Los Angeles, MFA) depicts survival from illness and sexual violence, and also paints a portrait of the artist striving to find living, literary mothers and sisters…
Diane Gottlieb ’19
Diane Gottlieb ’19 (Los Angeles, MFA) had her essay “Another A&P (My Apologies to John Updike)” published in Hippocamus Magazine.
Barbara Fant ’19
Barbara Fant ’19 (Los Angeles, MFA) had her poem, “My Dad Buried Two Dogs in the Backyard,”selected as the Poem-a-Day on July 29, 2020 by the Academy of American Poets.
Gabby Clayman ’19
Gabby Clayman ’19 (Los Angeles, MA) has been hired as a consultant for The Help Group to be part of their new social enterprise Silverlining, a resale shop and vocational…