Hannah L.
Hannah earned her BA from Yale University, where her undergrad poetry thesis won her Yale’s Frederick Mortimer Clapp Fellowship. Hannah got her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2015 and is currently an English PhD candidate at the University of Virginia.
Andrew S.
Andrew holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a BA in English from Calvin University. He has taught English and Creative Writing classes at the University of Iowa and Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, as well as tutored at Iowa’s Tippie College of Business.
John T.
John studied Biology and Environmental Health at the University of Southern California. He holds his MD from the Duke University School of Medicine. He is currently a resident in Internal Medicine at Duke University Hospital with plans to pursue a fellowship in cardiology.
Sofia
Sofía has a BA in Journalism from the University of Southern California and an MA in Education Leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She also holds an MEd in Bilingual Teacher of Students with Disabilities in Adolescent Education, Grade 7-12 from City College. Currently, Sofía is a middle school bilingual SPED teacher in NYC, working with Spanish speakers in humanities content areas (writing, reading, social studies).
Sam C.
Sam graduated with a degree in Physics from Princeton University. After graduation, she taught physics at a high school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She's currently pursuing her MFA in fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Sam L.
Sam is currently a dual MBA/MPA student at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Harvard Kennedy School, where he focuses on healthcare policy, finance, and venture capital.
Cristina A.
Cristina holds a PhD in Linguistics from Harvard, an MS in Cognitive and Decision Sciences from University College London, and BAs in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Linguistics from the University of Southern California. Currently, she works as a forensic linguist.
Adrienne
Adrienne received her English PhD from Harvard University, her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and her BA from Princeton University. She is a nonfiction writer and poet, and teaches in the Writing Program at Princeton University.
Hayden
After graduating from USC with a BS in Business Administration and working in the tech and education industries for several years, Hayden is now pursuing his MBA at the Yale School of Management.
Sara Deniz
Sara is a poet, educator, and scholar. She holds a BA in English (Wesleyan) and an MFA in Poetry (Iowa Writers' Workshop). She is currently working on her PhD in English at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Kannan
Kannan holds a BA in the History of Science (University of Chicago, Phi Beta Kappa) and an MFA in Fiction (Iowa Writers' Workshop). His stories have been published in the LA Times, the LA Review of Books, and Racquet.
Emma
Emma earned her BA in English from Sarah Lawrence and her MFA in Fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She has worked as a writing teacher, editor, and agent, and is now a freelance editor based in California.
Christopher
Chris graduated with a degree in Biochemistry and Business Finance from the University of Southern California (with honors, magna cum laude). He is now a DMD candidate at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Evan
Evan is a novelist, essayist, and educator. He holds an MFA in Fiction (Iowa Writers' Workshop) and BA in Interdisciplinary Studies (Evergreen State College). Currently, he teaches at Pierrepont School in Westport, Connecticut.
Chris
Chris received his PhD in English from Harvard. He holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and an AB from Princeton. He currently teaches at a K-12 school in Connecticut.
Song
Song studied Sociology at USC and went on to receive her JD from NYU. For her work as a civil rights lawyer, she was recognized as one of 100 Leading Women Lawyers in New York. She is now an MBA candidate at Yale
Harish
Harish is a JD candidate at Harvard Law School. Previously, he worked for Bain & Company as a consultant. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Southern California, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
Erin
Erin holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She also holds an MA in Modern & Contemporary Literature (University of Virginia) and BA in English (Rutgers University, summa cum laude with high honors).