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Ky-Phong Tran, Co-Founder/Project Director-Publisher
 Saigon-made
North Long Beach-raised
UCLA: BA History/MA Asian American Studies
founding member of Vietnamese Artists Collective
UC Riverside: MFA Creative Writing
writer conference fellowships: Napa Valley, Squaw Valley, VONA, Wesleyan
non-fiction in: OC Weekly, the District Weekly, Nha Magazine, Nguoi Viet Daily News
2x New America Media award winner
secret weapon: crossover dribble, acidic humor
favorite city: Hue
music: Jimi, Bob, Mos
left-handed
website: http://www.frequentwind.com
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Koji Steven Sakai, Co-Founder/Workshop Coordinator
USC's Masters in Professional Writing
Co-wrote, Haunted Highway, which was directed by Junichi Suzuki and distributed by Lions Gate DVD
Fellowships include: Film Independent's Project: Involve (2007), Visual Communication's Armed With a Camera (2006), and Screenwriting Expo 4 New Visions Fellowship award (2005)
Manager of Public Programs, Japanese American National Museum
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Danny Nguyen, Co-Founder/Webmaster
Born in Thailand
100% Vietnamese
Raised in California
CSUS: BS Business Administration / Risk Management & Insurance, Human Resources Management
Web and Graphics Designer
Webmaster'd for: San Joaquin Delta College VSA , UC Davis VSA, Vietnamese Artist Collective (VAC), VietUnity, AZNRaps, Asian American Poetry and Writing
website: http://www.conceptvisionz.net
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Gabriela Jauregui, Editor
D.F. born and raised
LMU: BA English
UC Irvine: MA Comparative Literature and Critical Theory
UC Riverside: MFA in Creative Writing
USC: PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature
Yes, lots of degrees
Paul and Daisy Soros New American Fellow
Author of the poetry collection Controlled Decay (Akashic/Black Goat 2008)
Writers Conference: Macondo
Fiction in Guernica
Poetry in Hayden's Ferry
Non-fiction in Bomb
Host of the KCET podcast ARTSblock Live!
failed surfer
amateur DJ
favorite city: Rio de Janeiro
not-so-secret weapons: critical theory, fashion, karaoke
music: anything you can dance to
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Mahvish Jafri, PR/Advertising Director
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Anne Ngan Nguyen, Art Director
Based in Oakland
imported from Saigon
CCA: BFA Graphic Design
Experience: Chronicle Books, 11
Accolades: AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers Award, Oppenheim Design Award for Children's Book
Interests: books, poets and writers, makers, textile, green design, and public art
Dream: making short films and getting lost in the mist of Ha Long Bay
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Kalani Kukahiko, Web Consultant
Belflower,CA-born + Westside Long Beach connected
UCLA and CSULB: BA Computer Science
former Web Producer for Napster, now uber
lethal powers: devil advocacy, hopeful pessimism, outlet passes, rainbow 3's
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Vanessa Hua, Senior Staff Writer
Bay Area born and bred
Stanford: BA English/MA Media Studies
Journalist: staff writer at San Francisco Chronicle, Hartford Courant, and Los Angeles Times
2006 James Madison Freedom of Information Award, Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California chapter
2007 Asian American Journalists Association, National Journalism Award
UC Riverside: MFA Creative Writing in progress
2008 Atlantic Monthly student fiction prize
2006 Cream City Review fiction contest winner
Fiction in: American Literary Review, Salt River Review, Blood Orange Review, VerbSap, Fiction Attic
favorite city: San Francisco
music: KCRW
right-handed
website: http://www.vanessahua.com
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Parissa Ebrahimzadeh, Staff Writer/Business Consultant
Made in Tehran
California raised
100% nerd
UC Irvine: BA2 - Philosophy/Comparative Literature
Mathematics Minor
Antioch University: MFA Creative Writing
Writing Fellowships: Squaw Valley2, Napa Valley
Nonfiction can be found in: MELUS, Pier2Peer, San Clemente Journal
Fiction can be found: Soon
educator
Business Owner: Top Rank Tutoring
secret weapon: cheats at board games
favorite color: red
right-handed and proud
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Margaret Rhee, Staff Writer
los angeles born grew up in fullerton kundiman fellow interdisciplinary artist and writer adores: poetry readings, naked performance art, and full bodied coffee BA in creative writing, university of southern california at cypress college: my first creative writing and ethnic studies courses family man: call me mr. rhee MA in ethnic studies, san francisco state university magenta & paper stores incoming PhD in ethnic studies, university of california, berkeley *academic articles in: "amerasia journal," the anthology "crash course: reflections on the film 'crash' for critical dialogues about race, power, and privilege," and "sexuality education and social policy" previously worked as writer and editor for "YOLK magazine," "chopblock.com," and "back stage" issues: race, representation, gender and sexuality, HIV/AIDS and the prison industrial complex emerging documentary filmmaker first short doc: "all of me: creating an api drag king troupe" favorite cities: los angeles, new york city, and san francisco (in that order) chicago is beautiful for it's barren and lonely trees limits of my sarcasm: you don't say?
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Kate Durbin, Staff Writer
Burst onto the scene in San Diego Grew up in the wild woods, by the seashore, and in the sparse deserts of Seattle, Orange County, Phoenix, and Los Angeles County First book of poetry The Ravenous Audience forthcoming on Black Goat Press/Akashic Books in 2009 Poems in Drunken Boat, The Ledge Poetry and Fiction Magazine, and Boxcar Poetry Review Non-fiction in The Elegant Variation Studied with Thomas Lux in Prague at Charles University MFA in Fiction at UC Riverside BA in English Biola University Currently writing a novel called Settlement Favorite City: tie between Taichung, Taiwan and Paris, France Secret Weapons: Simone Weil, pink wigs, and red lipstick Favorite Music: Queen, Le Tigre, Tori Amos, Cibo Matto, Magic Lantern, Roxing Kafe, old hymns, and Gwen of course!
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Jan Erik Patena aka DJ IQ, Staff Disc Jockey
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WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS
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Neil Tangaroa Aitken, Poetry Instructor
born in Vancouver, BC raised by librarians grew up in Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, and various parts of western Canada former computer games programmer web designer artist founding editor of Boxcar Poetry Review UC Riverside: MFA Creative Writing USC: PhD Literature & Creative Writing writer conference fellowships: Kundiman, Idyllwild poetry in: Barn Owl Review, Crab Orchard Review, The Drunken Boat, Poetry Southeast author of The Lost Country of Sight 2007 Philip Levine Prize winner secret weapon: line break, advanced Scrabble technique favorite city: Vancouver/New York
website: http://www.neil-aitken.com
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Naomi Hirahara, Fiction/Non-Fiction Instructor
San Gabriel Valley native
Stanford: BA International Relations
Inter-University Center for Advanced Japanese Studies, Tokyo, Japan
reporter/editor: The Rafu Shimpo
Milton Center Creative Writing Fellowship, Wichita, Kansas
biographer
small press publisher: Midori Books
Edgar Award-winning author: Mas Arai mystery series (Summer of the Big Bachi, Gasa-Gasa Girl, Snakeskin Shamisen)
short stories in: Los Angeles Noir, A Hell of a Woman, The Darker Mask
middle-grade novelist: 1001 Cranes
currently working on a historical novel soft outside, hard as nails inside
website: http://www.naomihirahara.com
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