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Your generosity funds scholarships and free programs, allowing more teen and adult writers to participate in creative writing workshops at our new center in the Seaport, in neighborhoods around Boston, and online.
Kayla Degala-Paraíso
Kayla Degala-Paraíso is an NYC-based, Filipinx-American experimental writer and the instructor for the 2026-2027 Memoir Incubator.
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Cathie Desjardins
Instructor
About Cathie
Cathie Desjardins has published two books of poetry, With Child and Buddha in the Garden, and has written extensively as a journalist, essayist and food and book reviewer. She is Poet Laureate Emerita of Arlington MA and can be reached at [email protected].