Our People
We continually foster affirming and safe learning environments. We believe creative writing is both an art and a tool for life. And we believe that writing changes lives! Through our creative writing workshops and unique collaborative opportunities, students experience the craft of creative writing and the amplification of their voices. This could not be done without a wonderful team of people. Thank you, everyone!
Board
Anaelsin Lopez
Student Representative
Mount Vernon, WA
Heather Malcolm
H.R. Executive
Great Employer Consulting
Bow, WA
Matt Malyon
Executive Director
Underground Writing
Mount Vernon, WA
Isela Martinez-Shouse
Health Coordinator
Skagit Co. Public Health
Mount Vernon, WA
Jennifer Pitner
Development Consultant
JK Pitner Consulting
Mount Vernon, WA
Armando Ruiz
Dean of Students
Mount Vernon High School
Mount Vernon, WA
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Brian Paxton (Emeritus)
Skagit County Superior Court Commissioner (Ret.)
Mount Vernon, WA
Bookkeeping
Smith Moreland Accountants
Teaching Writers &
re/vision mentors
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Jennifer Bradbury
Stephen Hitchcock
Quiara Alegría Hudes
Charlotte Kiang
Matt Malyon
Jennifer Morison-Hendrix
A. Muia
Laurie Parker
Katy Scarlett
Matthew Sullivan
Jeremy Voigt
Advisory Board
Inside Out Writers
Los Angeles, CA
Jimmy Wu
Executive Director
Teachers & Writers
New York, NY
Asari Beale
Executive Director
Claudia Avendano-Ibarra
Educator, SVC
Mount Vernon, WA
Jimmy Santiago Baca
Poet and Writer
Albuquerque, NM
Josh Banner
Podcast Host
Jail Chaplain
Holland, MI
Quiara Alegría Hudes
Playwright
New York, NY
Janice Blackmore
Migrant Youth Specialist
Seattle, WA
Prof. Susanna Childress
Poet | Educator
Holland, MI
Sophia Alexandria
Alumna, 2015
Mount Vernon, WA
Bruce Herman
Painter
Gloucester, MA
Caits Meissner
Artist // Former Director: Prison and Justice Writing
PEN America
Janice Jackson
Alumna, 2016
Bellingham, WA
Wendy Jason
Advocate
Arts / Justice
Molly McNulty
Executive Director
Skagit Poetry Foundation
La Conner, WA
Kathy Prunty
Skagit Co. Public Defender
Mount Vernon, WA
Robin Reagler
Vice Chair, LitNet
Houston, TX
David Riddle, Principal
LaVenture Middle School
Mount Vernon, WA
Robert Schwertfeger
Alumnus, 2015
Anchorage, AK
Karen Solie
Poet
Toronto, ON, Canada
Danna Thompson
Educator
Mount Veron, WA
Shawn Thompson
Manager Skagit Co.
Juvenile Detention
Mount Vernon, WA
Mary Ruth Wilkinson
Educator
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Prof. Loren Wilkinson
Educator
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Community Collaborators
Alex Peri, Grant Writer
Brigid Collins
Christ Episcopal Church
Easton’s Books
Emancipated Stories
Lincoln Theatre
Nathan McGehee
Roosevelvet Design
Migrant Leaders Club (Mount Vernon School District)
MoNA | Museum of Northwestern Art
Red Door Thrift Store
Skagit County Community Justice Center
Skagit County Juvenile Detention
Skagit River Poetry Foundation
Skagit Valley College’s Community Integration Project
Village Books
Voices of the Children
YMCA Sedro-Woolley Rec. Center
Affiliations
ARC
Artists at Risk Connection
PEN America
National Network
of Creative Writing
Programs in Prison
PEN America
One Year Writing
in the Margins
WITS Alliance
Writers in the
Schools Alliance