by Tqwana Brown Originally from San Francisco, Quressa Robinson devours whole books in a single day. She has taught University Writing and an introductory fiction class at Columbia. Quressa also worked in Columbia’s Writing Center as a Writing Consultant. She received her MFA from Columbia in Creative Writing with a…
by Tqwana Brown Jill Wisoff is best known for songs and score for Todd Solondz’s Welcome to the Dollhouse, a Sundance Film Festival winner. A graduate of Bennington College, she has co-starred in film, performed off and off-off-Broadway and in musical stock, and has had screenplays optioned and in development. She…
by Tqwana Brown Karen Nourizadeh is a writer, yoga instructor, wellness expert, inspirational speaker and media contributor based in New York City, where she has been living for the past 22 years. After leaving Corporate America and a job as an attorney, Karen embarked on a journey to help people…
by Tqwana Brown Heather Allen is in her second semester of the M.S. in Publishing Program at Pace University. She is the Social Media Coordinator for the WNBA-NYC, Social Media/ Marketing Intern for Touchstone Books at Simon & Schuster, and holds a part-time editorial assistant position at Thieme Medical Publishers.…
Heather Allen is in her second semester of the M.S. in Publishing Program at Pace University. She is the Social Media Coordinator for the WNBA-NYC, Social Media/ Marketing Intern for Touchstone Books at Simon & Schuster, and holds a part-time editorial assistant position at Thieme Medical Publishers. You’ve been involved…
Jessica Napp is our new Publicity Chair. Jessica is currently the Associate Director of Publicity for Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. She focuses on publicizing and marketing lifestyle books ranging from interior design and fashion, to cooking, photography, and pop culture. Over the years Jessica has held positions at Stewart, Tabori…
by Hannah Bennett Tqwana Brown, a former high school English teacher, is currently in her second semester of the M.S. in Publishing Program at Pace University. She is currently interning at a literary agency and will be taking over as Blog Intern for the WNBA-NYC Chapter. Hannah: Congratulations on becoming…
Olga Segura, a graduate of Fordham University, is an assistant editor at America Magazine, a national Catholic weekly magazine. Along with her work at America, Olga is in the process of completing a certificate course in publishing at the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Hannah: Welcome to…
Emily Albarillo has been appointed member coordinator for the NYC-Metro chapter of the Editorial Freelancers Association, and is looking forward to a year full of fun and educational events for chapter members. For more information on the EFA: //www.the-efa.org. Diana Altman is reading from her short story The Farm, Wednesday,…
The WNBA-NYC chapter is happy to announce our two new WNBA DPI/NGO United Nations Youth Representatives for 2013! Diana Cavallo is a graduate student in Pace University’s Masters in Publishing program. She completed her undergraduate education at Pace University’s Pleasantville campus in May of 2012, with a Bachelor of Arts…
