Meet The Team

Brazilian-born Ana Silvani has called Los Angeles home since 2006. Graduated in Languages & Literature, and Entertainment Studies, she's been teaching Brazilian Portuguese & English and writing for over 15 years

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Ana is the author of "Half Love" and currently works in publishing and in film to help elevate and amplify diverse voices in Literature and Cinema.

Fey Alves is a Brazilian journalist, marketing specialist, and mental health advocate. She has over 15 years of experience in gaming, sports and tech industry, and was part of multiple Global marketing projects. 

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After moving to Southern California, she started to write short stories about the feelings and challenges involving the immigration process. Fey believes that kindness and empathy are the best paths to social change. She always focus on solutions and looks toward challenges with a positive approach. 

Born to a mix indigenous mother and a Mexican father, Maria Acero is a reconnecting native of the Tarahumara of Chihuahua attempting to reconnect with their mother’s people while making their own mark on the world.

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Having recently graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a MA in English Literature and Rhetoric, Maria works in publishing to help diversify the literature available by providing her expertise in copyediting and partnering with lesser-known writers to elevate the underrepresented.

Maria strives to work in literature to create intersectional conversations between stigmas in their own cultural trauma while elevating the voices of writers attempting to bridge past traditions with future hopes of healing generational trauma.

For Victoria, literature is one of the most important ways to make connections, develop empathy and understanding of others, embrace differences, and feel a part of something greater.

As a recent graduate from Stonehill College with a BA in English, Victoria lives all the way in Massachusetts and is following her passion for books and their ability to bring communities together.

While interning, Victoria is also working as a freelance writer and editor and has gained a lot of marketing experience. She is excited to see where this internship takes her. 

Award-winning, Brazilian-born, California-based artist Drica Lobo makes modern landscapes, transforming familiar vistas into optimistic scenarios, manipulating shapes through an ethereal gradient layer that directs the eye to an imaginary field of possibilities.