bridgette bianca is a poet and professor from South Central Los Angeles. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Howard University and her Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Otis College of Art & Design. bridgette bianca has performed her poetry all around Southern California, including features at The World Stage, the Southern California Poetry Festival, Los Angeles Lit Crawl, the Table Lit, LitFest Pasadena, Rapp Saloon, La Palabra, and the un::fade::able Reading Series. She was most recently published on CulturalWeekly.com and in Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora. She is one half of the literary curating team, Making Room for Black Women, with Sanura Williams of My Lit Box. bridgette bianca’s work as a writer and an educator seeks to serve the people and moments most forget or ignore. Her first book of poetry, be/trouble, will be released by Writ Large Press in 2020.

Find her on social media at @bridgettebianca on Instagram, @thebridgebianca on Twitter, and Bridgette Bianca on Facebook.

Website: www.bridgettebianca.com

Twitter Username: @thebridgebianca

Publications

• be/trouble (forthcoming February 2020) , Writ Large Press/ The Accomplices LLC

Employment

• Associate Professor at Santa Monica College (August 2015 - )
• Lecturer at Otis College of Art & Design (August 2010 - June 2017)
• Coordinator of Student Learning Center at Otis College of Art & Design (October 2016 - June 2017)
• Adjunct Professor at El Camino College (August 2016 - May 2017)

Degrees

• Bachelor of Arts in English from Howard University (May 2008)
• Master of Fine Arts in Writing (Poetry) from Otis College of Art & Design (January 2012)

Genres of Interest

Poetry