William chieu-chin
William is a first year Education major at IVC. He enjoys character design, and storytelling. His favorite book is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and his favorite show is Hazbin Hotel. He also enjoys drawing for character design, playing Animal Crossing, and watching movies (Mostly the Book of Life).
Helen Yajaira
Estrada
Helen (Maya & Xinka) is an Aerospace Engineer major aspiring to transfer and double majoring in Latin American studies. Helen has published several of their poems in online journals and participated as a writer on Orange County Environmental Justice’s comic book Lead Me To the Garden. Estrada hopes to continue to write, draw, research, translate, and learn anything that comes their way!
Mikey Chen
Mikey is a Data Science student at IVC with a passion for art, mathematics, and problem solving. He loves attending circus shows, going to the museum, and playing video games. He loves showing others new experiences, and wants to have a career working with VR someday.
Miranda Hernandez
Miranda received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art from UC Irvine. She is a returning community college student and is taking creative writing classes at IVC’s English Department. She loves reading and writing speculative fiction. Her favorite author is Octavia E. Butler.
Maimunah Iliasu
Maimunah is an English major at IVC and is fond of analyzing art and its messaging/implications. She takes special interest in subjects like natural sciences, philosophy, history, psychology and popular culture. She hopes to further her career in law and enjoys cooking in her spare time.
Rana Darwich
Rana is a second-year student at Irvine Valley College with plans to transfer to a UC campus. Writing has become her way of connecting with others and exploring shared experiences. In her free time, she loves to write poetry and non-fiction. My favorite authors are Virginia Woolf and Joan Didion.
Salma Iliasu
Salma is a Communicative Disorders/Linguistics student at IVC who loves to read. Her favorite book is I know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. She also loves to occasionally write poetry and crochet during her free time.
Amelie Muro
Amelie Muro is a second-year communications major who enjoys watching movies, listening to alternative music, and consuming media in general.
Ren Nguyen
Ren is a Humanities major at IVC and Orange Coast College who loves reading, buying books faster than she gets through them. She is always down for a late night drive, especially if it involves boba. She also enjoys drawing and cooking, but above all else: sleeping.
Raquel Sokol (they/them)
Raquel is a psychology major who plans to either minor or double major in something else when they transfer. They worked last year with The Ear, and loved getting to be involved with fiction and poetry after a long time away. Their work and interests are examining identity, existence, race, ethnicity, and history among others. They love most creative formats, but reading and engaging with fiction and poetry will always be their first love.
Wyleen Olaes
[she/her]
Wyleen has an MA in English from UCI and is currently an English instructor at IVC. Her interests are in race, storytelling, identity, media representations, spectrality, and Asian American studies. In addition to teaching, she enjoys visiting coffee shops, art museums, and libraries.
Aiman Pashtun
Aiman is a Computer Science major at IVC, who loves problem-solving and books. Her favorite book is The Inheritance Games and her favorite TV show is The Queen’s Gambit. Outside of coding and solving Rubik’s cubes, she enjoys writing poetry, reading books, video editing, and listening to music.
Olivia Manville
Olivia is a first-year English major at IVC who enjoys any and all things art. Some of her hobbies include listening to music, reading, baking, and watching movies with friends. She spends a lot of her time listening to indie pop, R&B, and alternative music. She hopes to continue writing in order to pursue a career in either journalism or marketing.
izabella trejo
Izabella Trejo is a 20-year-old student here at Irvine Valley College. Izabella is currently studying English hoping to transfer next year to Cal State Long Beach and pursue screen writing. Izabella has always had a love for writing and reading since she was a little girl. Izabella's love for the art of writing and reading would come from her grandmother who also loved to read and write.
John Salgado
My name is John Dylan Salgado Levesque. I am an Mexican American writer with a passion for law enforcement and poetry.
J Hsu
J is a first-year civil engineering student at IVC. They enjoy digital art, including illustration/animation, and in their free time, they like to draw comics. Their favorite author & poet, respectively, are Anthony Doerr & Mary Oliver — favorite works by each: Cloud Cuckoo Land and October.
Hailey Chang
Hailey is a freshman in high school who enjoys basketball, writing, reading, entrepreneurship, and all things creative. She's been writing on her Medium blog for the past three years and has also been featured in multiple creative writing publications. Her favorite authors are George Orwell, VE Schwab, Celeste Ng, and Lionel Shriver.
kristen
skjonsby
Kristen has a PhD from UC Riverside in Global Anglophone Literature, a Master's degree from Cal State University Long Beach in English, and a Bachelor's degree in English from Mills College. She is a poet, and a lover of all things creative writing.
Kate Abalos
Kate is a Filipino first-year film major at IVC and Saddleback College. She is passionate about campy art; she also believes in building resilience and inspiring resistance by amplifying marginalized voices. She loves going on food crawls, watching and performing musical theater, and spending time with her dog, Sandy.
Jed lee
Jed Lee is a first year psychology student at IVC. He enjoys almost all of the arts and has been lucky enough to have been a part of different visual, verbal, written, and musical projects. He enjoys writing spoken poetry, playing guitar, reading powerful writing, and thrifting for clothes. His current favorite authors include David Sedaris and Kurt Vonnegut and current book recommendation is The Siren of Titan, by Kurt Vonnegut.