William chieu-chin
William Chieu-Chin is an education major at Irvine Valley College and hopes to transfer to Cal State Fullerton in fall of 2026. Currently reviewing for The Ear and comic artist for The Eye. His hobbies consist of drawing, writing, watching movies and TV shows (Mostly just Whiplash & Hazbin Hotel) and playing videogames (Only Dispatch).
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Melody Donais
Melody Donais is an alumni of the University of Washington where she studied storytelling through Drama and Dance. Ten years after graduation, she still finds herself searching for the best way to tell a story, whether through creative writing, theater arts, choreography, or any other form. She's honored to be a part of the Ear where she can continue to be exposed to new and diverse narratives which will inspire her own storytelling.
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Lauren Melchor
Lauren Melchor is a first-year student at IVC, who is majoring in Chicanx Studies. She aspires to transfer to USC, UCR, or CSUF by fall 2027. Her hobbies include writing, collecting earrings, and watching tv shows, and is driven by her passion for fine arts and advocacy to serve the Latinx community.
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.
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Victoria Luong
Victoria is a Comparative Literature major at IVC and is planning on transfering to a UC or private school this fall.
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Naomi Pond
Naomi Pond is a senior in high school taking dual enrollment classes at IVC. She lives in Irvine, California with her parents, two dogs, and a perhaps excessive number of books. She hopes to become a librarian and author, and she currently spends much of her time volunteering at her local library and writing short fiction, often about magic, forests, and ghosts. Her stories can be found in Owl Hollow Press’s Change the World anthology, Inklings Book 2022, and Inklings Book 2025 - Teen Edition.
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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 chasing sunsets.
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Natalie Harritt
Natalie is a second-year English Literature major at IVC planning to transfer to Cal State Long Beach in the fall. She has a passion for reading and discussing literature, especially historical fiction and Bildungsroman novels, her favorite being The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Besides reading, Natalie enjoys baking, cooking, drawing, and knitting. Her role at The Ear excites her as an opportunity to read a wider variety of fresh short stories than she's ever had access to, as well as review the material with her peers and professors.
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Savannah Holguin (she/they)
Savannah is an English major at Irvine Valley College and hopes to eventually transfer to a UC campus by fall of 2027. Her favorite hobbies are crocheting sweaters, listening to music, and writing. During the spring of 2026 she was able to interview her friends grandfather for an essay and have the paper published in the Latinx Voices literary journal over at Saddleback College's Ethnic Studies Department. Currently she is part of a journalism program and mentorship at the USC Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism. She hopes to one day become a copy editor or journalist.
Frida Moskver
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Rebecca Kaminsky
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Jax Pham [they/them]
Prof. Jax Pham has taught critical thinking and composition at Irvine Valley College for the past ten years. Their debut collection, In Bones & Tentacles: How to Pivot When You’re Paralyzed, from Moon Tide Press, explores queer identity, surreal tenderness, and the shape-shifting, cephalopod terrains of language. Read their poetry on jaxntp.com
kristen
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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.
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.