An LA native,
Rebecca is a lesbian West Coast writer, lecturer, and editor. She currently teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Wisconsin, where she is part of the 2027 PhD in English & Creative Writing and Women's and Gender Studies cohorts.
She holds an MFA in creative writing from Mount Saint Mary's University & a Double BA in English & Spanish literature from APU.
Past work includes Doctoral/thesis editor & coaching, Pasadena City College comp. mentorship/instruction, English curricula development, Associate Editor, Grant Writer, & Publicist positions w/ nonprofit Red Hen Press, & upper div. publishing faculty with APU.
The former Managing Editor of The LA Review, she has worked with hundreds of manuscripts through the publication process. She is now the Fiction Editor for Cream City Review.
Her most recent novel, LA PANORAMIC, about a child prodigy's escape from fame, fortune, and exploitation in the arts, is seeking its forever home.