Course Fellows
Fatima B. Jalloh
Fatima B. Jalloh is a queer, Black poet and journalist from Jacksonville, FL, now based out of Brooklyn, NY.
A recent graduate from Northwestern University with a major in Journalism and minors in Black Studies and Creative Writing, they studied Poetry under Rachel Webster, and is now part of the Meditative Creative Writing team.
Course Fellow and Coordinator
Fatima B. Jalloh
Fatima B. Jalloh is a queer, Black poet and journalist from Jacksonville, FL, now based out of Brooklyn, NY.
A recent graduate from Northwestern University with a major in Journalism and minors in Black Studies and Creative Writing, they studied Poetry under Rachel Webster, and is now part of the Meditative Creative Writing team.
Course Fellow and Coordinator
Scholarship Recipients
Elisabeth vasquez hein
Elisabeth Vasquez Hein is a Filipina American writer and photographic artist based in Seattle. Daughter of an immigrant, mother of a mixed-race child, and influenced by her upbringing in disparate geographies, Elisabeth’s work explores migration, in-betweenness, and belonging. Elisabeth is a 2025 PEN America Emerging Voices fellow in creative nonfiction. Her writing is featured or forthcoming in CRAFT, the Pinch, Bellingham Review, Silk Road Review, Salt Hill, and Mixed Roots: Writers on Multiracial Identity & Both/And Belonging (Beacon Press).
Araminta Award Recipient