Category Archives: San Mateo County

Lois Fried is an aspiring poet who loves being in the company of other inspiring poets. She is a member of the California Poetry Society, a regular open mic reader of the Belmont California Library Poetry Group, and Poetry Nights Online (formally, Café Zoe Open Mic, Menlo Park). Lois has served as a judge forContinue reading “Lois Fried”

Allen Bustos is a poet, spoken word and hip hop artist, lyricist, social justice advocate, and educator through the veteran nonprofit Pin@y Educational Partnerships. He is also a member of the San Mateo County Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission, engaging in policy advocacy work in support of culturally-responsive programs and resources for system-impacted youth. HeContinue reading “Allen Bustos”

Neal Tayco is a second-year MFA in Writing grad student at the University of San Francisco, where he is the associate poetry editor for the program’s student-run literary journal, Invisible City. Originally from Subic Bay, he is currently based in the Bay Area where he also works as a Filipino translator/proofreader for the County of San Mateo.Continue reading “Neal Tayco”

Jane Kuo is a Chinese and Taiwanese American writer who grew up in Los Angeles. She is an author, a nurse, and a nurse practitioner. Jane graduated with a degree in English Literature from UC Berkeley, where she studied under Bharati Mukherjee, Ishmael Reed, and Robert Hass. Also, she once borrowed a pencil from MaxineContinue reading “Jane Kuo”

Rosemary Ybarra-Garcia is an educator and a lifelong poet who has been a featured poet for several years at coffee shops, bookstores, women’s study classes, and special venues such as “Women and the Muse” in Santa Cruz, CA, 1988; “Floricanto in Xochitle in Cuicatle, Flower and Song” at the De Young Memorial Museum in SanContinue reading “Rosemary Ybarra-Garcia”

Michael Sagum is a Daly City-based Filipinx poet who writes about Filipino and queer identity. He is a current Skyline College student and hopes to transfer to SF state and be part of their ethnic studies degree program.  Poem on Belonging AS DIVERSE AS THE UNIVERSE (Presented at San Mateo Pride 2021)

“Growing up in New York City was a great experience and has influenced my outlook on art and life. There was amazing access to museums and other cultural institutions and the energy of the city was always present. I have lived in California for many years now where I am close to both a major urbanContinue reading “Marian Yap”

Appointed by the Council of the City of Pacifica in 2003, Rod Clark served as Pacifica Poet Laureate until his death in 2013 at age 93. He was involved in many aspects of the Pacifica community, serving on the Laguna Salada Union School Board and the Cultural Art Commission. As a lover of art andContinue reading “Rod Clark”

Bill Burns was born and raised in Burlingame, California. He has been a teacher for Redwood City Library’s PROJECT READ since 1997, teaching parenting skills and poetry to the men and women in San Mateo County’s jails.  Poems on Belonging I AM FROM I am from Erector Sets, adventure books, and asthma medicines. I amContinue reading “Bill Burns”