Ishita
Ishita (she/her) is a PhD Candidate at the University of Washington Information School. Ishita also has a Master's degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Duke University, where she graduated cum laude with distinction.
Duncan H.
Duncan attended college at the Georgia Institute of Technology, graduating with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, magna cum laude. Driven by his passion for space, he is now working on a Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering through Georgia Tech.
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.
Ravi
Ravi graduated from Georgia Tech with a BS in Management. He then was accepted to Harvard Business School’s 2+2 program. He spent three years as a healthcare investor and obtained the CFA designation before matriculating at HBS. He’s since worked for Khan Academy, Flexport, and Chime – the most recent of which he was Lead Data Scientist & Data Engineer.
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.
Valerie A.
Valerie completed her BS in Mechanical Engineering at MIT. She then completed her MS in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech. She is now a mechanical engineer in the nuclear power industry.
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.
Calvin
Calvin holds a BS in Biochemistry from Georgia Tech and a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He is now a PhD candidate in Biology at Johns Hopkins.
Mandy
Mandy is pursuing her MD at UPenn. She earned her BS in Chemical Engineering at Georgia Tech, and spent a year in Denmark on a Fulbright scholarship, researching minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures.
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.
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.
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).