TOYON STAFF - VOLUME 67 - Spring 2021
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Translation Team
Natalie Raquel Acuña Ernie Iniguez Brittany Muñoz-Garcia Production Team Joshua Lamason Rhett Davis Heidi Woods Publicity Team Junee Banks Alison Silver Aria Lentini |
Ebook Team
Sheryl Colgrove Rachel O'Shaughnessy Audiobook and Spoken Word Team Connie Pearson Alex Weber Sloan Volenec |
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Alexandria Weber (she/her) is excited to be a part of Toyon again after being the Fiction/Playwright Division Editor for the Volume 66 issue. For Volume 67, she will be on the spoken word/audiobook team along with Connie Pearson. Although Alexandria is a dance studies major at HSU, she plans to graduate this semester and pursue a career as a writer/novelist. She has self-published numerous writings on the internet and is a Senior Editor for the video game news site Zelda Dungeon.
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Alison Silver is a writing concentration English major starting her senior year here at HSU. Alison has some experience writing and self-publishing in the young adult fantasy-adventure genre and enjoys getting the chance to write in a variety of different mediums. This semester she is excited to be working on the publicity team for Toyon. In her spare time, Alison enjoys gardening, hiking, playing Dungeons and Dragons, and working with a variety of animals.
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Sheryl Colgrove is an English major in her fourth semester at HSU after transferring from SoCal in the autumn of 2019 and hoping to graduate with a major in English (writing practices) and a minor in Ethnic American Literature in spring of 2022. With luck, this will not only help her get published through an established publishing house, but may also work to help her find employment in the publishing industry as a copyeditor. In the meantime, she is looking forward to her second semester with Toyon and learning needed skills to help her succeed in the publishing industry on both sides of the pen.
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Ari is an English major in her last year at HSU. She’s new to the Toyon staff and is excited to help bring it to life this semester. Her main jams are poetry and books, and she spends a lot of nights writing until 2 in the morning. She also enjoys art and nature, as well as playing with her cats.
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Natalie Raquel Acuña is a 22 year old woman, graduating from Humboldt State University in Spring 2021. She attended community college(College of the Sequoias) in her hometown Visalia, CA, where she received an Associates degree in English and transferred to Humboldt State University in the year of 2018. Natalie is a English major with a concentration in writing practices. Her current interests include writing nonfiction, poetry and fiction. She enjoys competing in slam poetry. Her goals for the future are to become a well rounded and open minded learner in progress as well as attend graduate school and obtain a MFA in writing. Natalie hopes to pursue a career in teaching writing at her hometown community college in the hopes of inspiring students in a place that inspired her to continue college.
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Brittany Munoz-Garcia is an English Education major at Humboldt State University. She graduated from College of the Redwoods with an A.A in Liberal Arts and Communications. Today, she is a senior at Humboldt State and is ambitious to earn her B.A. and enter the teaching credential program. If she is not attending classes as a full time student, she is usually working full time as a bilingual paraprofessional for Rio Dell School District’s junior high and elementary school. Within this community, she is well known for her passion in diversity and inclusion. This semester, Brittany looks forward to being part of Toyon’s Translation Team, as this is what she does on a daily basis.
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Rhett Davis is a senior at Humboldt State, studying film and English writing. He wrote and directed several indie web shows on YouTube over a decade ago, which prompted him to pursue film writing. His passion for storytelling has brought him to the Toyon team.
Rhett has many hobbies that include making music, replaying favorite video games, and doll collecting. After graduating, he plans to write about his experiences growing up queer and being a voice for change in the arts. |
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Ernesto Alejandro Iniguez is part of the translation team for Toyon Literary Magazine. He is obtaining his B.A in English (Writing Practices) at Humboldt State University, graduating in Fall 2021. In his spare time he works on digital art, making music, and writing short science fiction stories. He hopes to pursue a career in writing and editing.
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Rachel O’Shaughnessy is part of the Ebook team for Toyon Literary Magazine at Humboldt State University. She received an Associate’s Degree for Transfer in English from Saddleback College in 2018 and is currently a senior at HSU majoring in English: Writing Studies. She was part of the personal narrative committee and copy editing team for WALL Literary Journal in 2016. She plans to pursue a career in writing books and scripts for plays, musicals, and film, as well as performing in her works. In her spare time, she enjoys singing showtunes, reading, writing, drawing, and binging the latest show she’s obsessing over.
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Joshua Lamason works with the production team for Humboldt State University’s Toyon Literary Magazine. He is involved in cover design, book design, typesetting, and proofreading. As a non-traditional first-generation college student, Joshua has earned an AA-T in English and is pursuing a BA in English with a concentration in writing and a minor in TESL. He is proud to be a part of Toyon’s long history and excited to explore the technological side of publishing. Joshua is an adventurer, musician, and writer who plans to teach English as a second language while earning a graduate degree.
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Connie Pearson is Co-Division Editor of Creative Nonfiction for Toyon Literary Magazine. She is a writer with an emphasis on Creative Nonfiction, as well as a freelance editor of all genres. Connie has had a broad and varied career history, from childbirth educator to plant seller to homebirth attendant. She is happy to have landed on editing and being a Writing Practices major at HSU. In her spare time, Connie enjoys taking photos of rusty signs far off the beaten path, as well as being a determined animal rights activist.
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June is an aspiring writer who crafts her work around her passion for serving people through poetry. Her time on the Toyon publicity team is focused on elevating others through their art and showcasing their talent on virtual platforms. Working alongside the staff to build community across campus, she plans to bridge the gap between Toyon and other publications.
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Heidi Woods is a senior at Humboldt State University completing her BA in English. She is a writing enthusiast interested in the expressive and transformative power of the written word. She finds much of her writing inspiration from her local town of Nevada City CA, where she lives nestled in the forest beside a creek which runs into the gorgeous Yuba River. She also attributes many of her writing and reading insights into the wisening craft of being the single mother of two teens. Choice is the power for change, and choosing the right word makes all of the difference.
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Sloan Volenec is a Criminology and Justice Studies Major at Humboldt State University, though he has a deep set interest in creative writing and literature as a whole. His passion for writing is founded on a lifetime love for stories as well as his varied life experience both in and out of the United States Marine Corps. He spends his time traveling the world, pursuing adventure and trying his hand at being a writer.
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TOYON STAFF - VOLUME 67 - Fall 2020
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LEADERSHIP TEAM
Managing Editor Theressa Lopez Assistant Managing Editor & Community Liaison Alice Jiang EDITORIAL TEAM Editorial Team Leads & Acquisitions Editors Emilio Medina and Cammie Eilers Division Editors, Fiction and Playwriting Sheryl Colgrove and Ariana Alexander Division Editors, Creative Nonfiction Lisa Salcido and Connie Pearson Division Editors, Poetry Robin Freiberg and Cammie Eilers Division Editors, Literary Criticism Josie Blubaugh and Julia Sisk |
SPOKEN WORD, EJ, & WEB TEAM
Team Leads & Social Media Managers June Banks and Nate Yandall Archive Editor Kevin Rios Division Editors, Environmental Justice Award Kaitlyn O'Dell and Savannah Sonia PRODUCTION TEAM Production Team Leads & Multilingual Proofreaders Josh Lamason Visual Art Editor and Cover Designer Martin Lopez Typesetters & Book Designers Maya Fielding and Alyssa Mendoza |
