Category Archives: San Mateo County

Terry is an only child, having provided mothering training and opportunities to a large Irish female family. His mid-west rearing ended in an MA in English from Miami University, Ohio. For more of his poems see terryadamspoetry.net. His first collection, Adam’s Ribs, is from Off The Grid Press, in Weld, Maine. He lives in KenContinue reading “Terry Adams”

Dr. Roderick Raña Daus-Magbual, Mayor of Daly City, is an educator and has served on the City Council of Daly City since 2018. A Bay Area transplant via Riverside and Long Beach, he received his BA in Liberal Studies from UC Riverside in 2000, his MA in Asian American Studies at San Francisco State UniversityContinue reading “Rod Daus-Magbual”

Kalamu Chaché came to live in East Palo Alto with her family from Brooklyn, New York in the mid-1960s. After graduating from high school and pursuing a college education, she earned an Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts from Nairobi College in East Palo Alto. Chaché has been serving the City of East PaloContinue reading “Kalamu Chaché”

Diane Lee Moomey is a painter and poet living in Half Moon Bay, California, where she is co-host of the monthly reading series, Coastside Poetry; her work has appeared in Light, Think, The MacGuffin, PoetryMagazine.com, Mezzo Cammin, and others. She has won prizes for her sonnets in the Ina Coolbrith Circle and in the SoulContinue reading “Diane Lee Moomey”

Lee Rossi is a winner of the Jack Grapes Poetry Prize and the Steve Kowit Prize. His latest book is Darwin’s Garden. Individual poems have appeared in The Southwest Review, Rattle, The Northwest Review, Spillway and The Southern Review. He is a member of the Northern California Book Reviewers and a Contributing Editor to PoetryContinue reading “Lee Rossi”

Veronica Kornberg is a poet from Northern California. Recipient of the Morton Marcus Poetry Prize, her work has appeared in numerous journals, including Indiana Review, New Ohio Review, On the Seawall, RHINO Poetry, Salamander, Beloit Poetry Journal, Menacing Hedge, The Shore, Spillway, and Tar River Poetry. She is a Peer Reviewer for Whale Road Review.Continue reading “Veronica Kornberg”

Peter Neil Carroll is an American writer and historian. He is the author of over 20 books, including Sketches from Spain (Main Street Rag, 2024), a lyric homage to the volunteers of the Lincoln Brigade, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; Talking to Strangers (Turning Point Press, 2022); This Land, These People: 50 StatesContinue reading “Peter Neil Carroll”

In 2021, the County of San Mateo named Shireen Malekafzali its first-ever Chief Equity Officer. This is the second newly created County role aimed at bettering the welfare and outcomes of both employees and residents. Malekafzali’s 20-year career includes policy, teaching, research and coalition building work across the nation. She holds a Bachelor of ScienceContinue reading “Shireen Malekafzali”

Aileen Cassinetto is a poet, editor, and publisher. She was named an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow in 2021 and a Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 100 awardee in 2023 for her contributions in building regenerative and equitable communities through the arts. She served as San Mateo County Poet Laureate from 2019 toContinue reading “Aileen Cassinetto”