Dr. Janae Dimick is an Assistant Professor and cocoordinator of the Puente Program at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California where she teaches creative writing, literature, and composition courses.

Marin Smith teaches first-year writing courses that address the skills and challenges associated with self-identified multilingual students—and most importantly, the vital perspectives they bring to the academy.

Steve Westbrook is Associate Professor of English at California State University, Fullerton, where he teaches courses in creative writing and cultural studies. With James Ryan, he is the coauthor of The Critical Work of Creative Writing. His long poem is Vox Americana.

Chellis Ying's fiction and nonfiction have been published in Los Angeles Times, True Tales of Love and Lust, Mental Floss, and Best Travel Writing. She received her MFA at University of San Francisco, BA at Kenyon College, and lives in San Luis Obispo, California, where she teaches writing at Allan Hancock College.