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the opportunity to pursue their dreams,” she continued. MESA is a national organization that provides underrepresented students in grades four through 12 with opportunities in these three subjects. Typically, students from the African American, Native American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander and female populations are underrepresented in math, science and engineering fields, and the program prepares these students to reach their full potential and be active contributors in the fields. Students from

, and finding your voice.” Entrada Kelly has been honored numerous times for her work, including the 2021 Newbery Honor for We Dream of Space, the 2018 Newbery Medal for Hello Universe, and the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for The Land of Forgotten Girls. Her newest book, Those Kids from Fawn Creek, will be released in March 2022. Netflix acquired Hello Universe. Her work is globally celebrated and has been translated into several languages.  Entrada Kelly has a bachelor’s degree in

New Century, Asian-American Poetry: The Next Generation, Language for a New Century and The Best American Poetry 2012.   Ann Pancake, who teaches and serves as a mentor for the RWW, is a fiction writer, journalist and essayist. She recently was nominated for a Genius Award in Literature by Seattle’s leading alternative newspaper, The Stranger. Pancake’s most recent book is Me and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley (Counterpoint 2015). Her first novel, Strange As This Weather Has Been (Counterpoint 2007

, students are influenced by residential experiences, interactions with peers, and events and activities on campus. Do students of color feel like they belong at PLU? Data on retention and graduation show that students of color are less likely to return to PLU for a second year and less likely to graduate within four or six years. This is especially true for African-American, Asian-American and Native American students. One of the challenges in investigating these trends is the small number of students

. Oliver de la Paz. de la Paz is the author of four collections of poetry: Names Above Houses; Furious Lullabys; Requiem for the Orchard, winner of the Akron Prize for poetry chosen by Martìn Espada; and Post Subject: A Fable. He is the co-editor with Stacey Lynn Brown of A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry; co-chairs the advisory board of Kundiman, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of Asian-American Poetry; and serves on the Association of