Poetry and the Engaged Citizen

April 9, 2024

Eddie Vega, SA Poet Laureate, Emcee, 

Quad Amphitheater, St. Mary’s University

1.     Diane Gonzales Bertrand, renowned children’s author and poet!

2.     Seana Barclay, alum, studied English

3.     Didi Cadena, working on finishing? English major

4.     Odd Calogero, senior English major

5.     Cassidy Colotla, senior English major, teaching

6.     Winter Saldana – freshman English major

7.     David Hefner, grad English student

8.     Jordan McKinley, junior English major, Nelson Wolff pre-law program

9.     Alex Salinas, alum poet and writer extraordinaire! See new books

10.  Theresa Muller, BA/MA student, senior Communication studies major

11.  Martin Moctezuma, grad English student, voice undergrad major, Young Frankenstein

12.  Serena Parra, junior English major, just presented her Language of Peace research at the World Social Science Association meetings!

13.  Vladimir Narsia, a Fulbright Scholar in Residence at St. Philip’s College. Vlad is from Tiblisi, Georgia and will read in Georgian for us!

14.  Rita Ortiz, alum and educator extraordinaire!

15.  Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill

16.  Olubukola Odaidero, English grad student from Lagos, Nigeria, read to us in Yoruba!

17.  Marcella Hernandez, high school student

18.  Craig Harley

19.  Dan Kaderli

20.  Eddie Vega