Claudia D. Hernandez ’15

Claudia D. Hernandez ’15 (Los Angeles, MFA) had her memoir, Knitting the Fog (2019), chosen as one of the 15 Great New Books by Latinos for Hispanic Heritage Month by…

Jose Hernandez Diaz ’15

Jose Hernandez Diaz ’15 (Los Angeles, MFA) introduces readers to a mime, a skeleton, and the man in the Pink Floyd t-shirt in his debut chapbook The Fire Eater: Poems…

Helen Chin ’14

Helen Chin ’14 (Los Angeles, MA) was named Assistant to the City Manager on Homelessness in Culver City. This newly-created role will focus on developing, coordinating, and supporting efforts to…

Tanya Ko Hong ’13

Tanya Ko Hong ’13 (Los Angeles, MFA) published The War Still Within: Poems of the Korean Diaspora (2019), a stunning collection that honors the experiences of Korean and Korean-American women….

Arturo Sande ’12

Arturo Sande ’12 (Los Angeles, MFA) was featured in Anything Is Possible For Miami Editor With Help From His Mentor on Miami’s CBS affiliate that highlighted his mentorship with South…

Marianne Woods Cironne ’12

Marianne Woods Cironne ’12 (Los Angeles, MFA) provides instruction on how to make yoga sequences safer, more comfortable, and effective in From Alignment to Enlightenment, Using Props to Achieve Stability…

Elizabeth Earley ’11

Elizabeth Earley ’11 (Los Angeles, MFA) weaves a philosophical novel with a coming-of-age story in Like Wings, Your Hands (2019), producing a beautiful hybrid work that explores the dynamics of…

Joanna Dodd Massey ’10

Dr. Joanna Dodd Massey ’10 (Los Angeles, MA) wrote Culture Shock: Surviving Five Generations in One Workplace (2020), a lighthearted, straightforward lesson in business from a psychological perspective.

Jessica Elisheva ’10

Jessica Elisheva ’10 (Los Angeles, MFA) won second place in the 2020 First Pages prize with an excerpt from her novel From the Verb.

Shonda Buchanan ’10

Shonda Buchanan ’10 (Los Angeles, MFA) was the winner of the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Award in the Memoir category for Black Indian.

Sakena Jwan Washington ’09

Sakena Jwan Washington ’09 (Los Angeles, MFA) published an article, “My City was Named The ‘Worst Place for Black Women to Live.’ Is That My Cue To Leave?” in the…

Kate Maruyama ’09

Kate Maruyama ’09 (Los Angeles, MFA) had her essay “Breathe and Push: Being a Better Ally” was published by Women Who Submit.