Kendra Guimaraes is an Assistant English and Adult Education Professor teaching creative writing, composition and ESL at CR's Eureka main campus and the downtown campus. She has a BA in English and Spanish Literature from UC Davis and an MFA from Florida International University. She finds joy and meaning in the creative process. Through her Ink People for the Arts nonprofit The Writing Well, Kendra initiated many community-based writing projects and classes in local schools and senior centers. Her work has been published in the poetic anthology Saints of Hysteria: A Half-Century of Collaborative Poetry edited by David Trinidad, Denise Duhamel, and Maureen Seaton.

Ashley Knowlton is an English professor for CR's Pelican Bay Scholars Program, serving our students who are incarcerated at Pelican Bay State Prison. There, she teaches composition, literature, and creative writing - Poetry. She has a BA in Comparative Literature from California State University, Fullerton, and an MA in English Composition from San Francisco State University. She writes for enjoyment and has poetry published in the 14th edition of Pomona Valley Review and the 17th issue of 50 Haikus. Ashley works with The Rising Scholars Network, led by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, which supports colleges with programs for students who are incarcerated and formerly incarcerated. 

Ruthe Rhodes is an English professor on the Eureka and Del Norte campuses, teaching literature, composition, and creative writing. She graduated with a BA in English from Binghamton University and an MA in English from Case Western Reserve University. Ruthe is a writing omnivore and is often engaged in working across genres. She is the author and editor of Come to the Edge: Arrival and Survival in Del Norte County, published by Left Fork Books and How Did We Get Here?, a graphic novel about equity and identity. She authors plays and musicals for local theater companies and currently serves as a writing coach for a multi-year project to create community-based social justice comic books across California.