Our Staff & Contributor Bios

Our Staff

Editor & Layout Designer: Rebecca Lee Editor: Ryan Wada

Contributors: Bianca Rader* Rebecca Lee+ Yeebing Tse+* Mel Urciuoli+ John Lu+ Samantha Denny+ Candice Phelan+* Ryan Steel+ Sky Ly+ Manavi Chandra+ Cynthia Lee* John Paul Amaral+* Ryan Wada*

Models: Marshmallow the Cat

Special Thanks to: Professor Alan Soldofsky, PWC Advisor Dr. Noelle Brada-Williams, SJSU English Department Chair

*Artist +Writer

Contributor Bios

John Lu is a grad student in the M.S. in Software Engineering program. He likes poetry, anime, and skateboarding.

Samantha is a grad student in the MFA Fiction program. When she’s not writing or coaching young swimmers, she likes playing some

Pokémon. Sky Ly is a sophomore in

Art Studio Practice.

They enjoy listening to music from Undertale in their free time.

Mel is a senior

English major at

SJSU who loves teaching and writing queer romance. She also loves cats.

Ryan Steel is a first year MFA in Creative Writing.

He writes satirical fiction with a spicy element of crime, including a novel “Monday After

Prom” for his grad thesis.

Rebecca Lee is a fourth-year

English major. She is the President of the Poets and Writers Coalition and likes mangoes.

John Paul is an

SJSU Alumni who teaches the joys of history while making jewelry and writing poetry and fiction.

Yeebing is a first year majoring in

Advertising and plans to minor in Creative Writing. In her free time, she enjoys playing Minecraft and reading webtoons.

Candice is a senior Creative

Writing major. She likes reading and crochet.

Manavi is a third year who enjoys writing and all things creative. You can catch her reading a good book, painting, or thinking about deep philosophical things.

Bianca Rader is an animation student minoring in theatre arts. She likes painting and reading graphic novels!

Ryan Wada is a graduating senior passing the torch to a new and amazing team. And he loves Star Trek.

Cynthia Lee is an artist who enjoys teaching, community service and vermicomposting.