WALL 2015 CONTRIBUTOR BIOS
DANIEL BAIK , a graphic design student,created the illustration for “The Grey Ghost.”
KARYN BAILEYis an English major with a focus in writing. While her deepest passion lies in creative nonfiction, she enjoys exploring a breadth of styles from journalistic to children’s literature. She envisions a future in which her words evoke thought. Contact at .
JACKIE BAYLESSis a freelance writer focused on technical, business, and feature research, interviewing, writing, and editing. I have enjoyed the opportunities provided by the Saddleback Emeritus program, the wonderful instructors, and students I have met.
CYNTHIA BELLOWS DANIELSON BIRD is the author of “Devil Worshipper,” whichis the first chapter of a completed novella that she would love to see published or made into film. Contact her at if you are an agent or publisher.
LEANNE BLACK, a graphic design student, created a special design to promote WALL 2015.
MARK BROESAMLEMy writing has been heralded by top local critics as “good” and “nice” and “cool.”
FELICIA DANIELSAfter years of fictional writing, Felicia J.L. Daniels started writing stories about her life as a form of therapy. A year after writing “I Am Not A Mother,” she became a proud single mother of a beautiful baby boy and is now on hiatus from school to enjoy the wonders of motherhood.
CAMILLE DEL PIZZOis 17 years old and took a year off from school at the age of 15 after graduating early.
MATTHEW EAGLESON, a graphic design student, provided the illustration for “Life Worthy of Life.”
PAUL “JEEP” EDDYis a graphic design and fine art student who would rather know a little about a lot than a lot about a little. You can view his work at Instagram: JeepEddy / JeepEddyArt or email him at .
LUKE FEILBERGis a skateboarder and musician with a passion for math and science. If he isn’t doing calculus homework, he’s probably bothering his friends with bad puns.
ANNA FITTERis a copywriter and marketing consultant who came of age in India, and has worked in commercial aviation in India and Germany before migrating to California. Thanks to Saddleback’s Creative Writing classes she is exploring her passion for the written word.
You can contact her at .
KENDRA GARDNERcan be contacted at , unless the surf is pumping. In that circumstance she recommends that you seek her out at your local beach break.
JAKE GIFFORDgraduated from Cal State University Long Beach with a BA in English. He writes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He can be reached at .
ADAM R. GREENis an author who never finishes his best stories and has spent the last seven years adding bugs to code. He appeared in the 2014 edition of WALL and was once impaled by rebar.
JON P. HAMES As a photographer, my goal is to capture how I choose to remember the world around me.
KEANU HONo longer are the days applicable when I needed gills to breathe. But I will try to find answers, as they are intended.
MAX HOSFORD My name is Max Hosford: artist, author, and general misanthrope. You can contact me at . Stay golden.
JOHN J. HUNTER JR.is now a drug and alcohol counselor in San Juan Capistrano, CA where he spends his free time writing or planning backpacking trips. You can reach him at .
While studying Communications and Journalism, APRIL JOHNSONenjoys expressing her creativity through her music and also by writing stories that help to capture her thoughts and fantasies about the things that people might experience during their lives.
SUMMER JONESis currently a film major in her second year at Saddleback College.
JARED R. KELTNER created the painting titled “Dark Jazz.”
JIM LANGFORD To me there is no better smell or sight than that of fresh rain on the high plains while waiting for the perfect light to define a faraway mountain peak. When I’m not working in the Photography Department, you can find mephotographing landscapes, art, portraits, weddings, product, most things that don't move and a bunch that do.
YOON LEEis an artist who likes to draw and paint with all different mediums.
LISA LYNCHworks as a marketing consultant and writer. She is currently in the Graphic Design program at Saddleback College. Her artwork can be seen at
BERNARD MACAYA, a photography major at Saddleback College, is a freelance commercial and fine-art photographer, hoping to one day photograph the Met Gala. In his free time, he enjoys sippin’ on soy lattes, going on picnics, and organizing.
THOMAS MONROEis a member of Orange County Poetry Club. OCPC holds weekly Wednesday open poetry readings at 4th Street Market in Santa Ana, CA. roe
MICHAEL NAKAIis a retired storyboard illustrator who’s finally making an attempt to
cross printmaking off his “Bucket List.” .
NESRIN OURI A feeling of pure light when all that surrounds you is what falls into place. Unspoken. This guidance grows when it engulfs you. Feel it between your hands: the ever bursting life that comes within. For it’s a thought that comes with no need forcontrol, when all is what it is.
KATHLEEN PERSINGERis a Saddleback freshman and aspiring English major, infinitely larger than three lines of 12pt. Times New Roman font. More of her work can be found on her writing blog at ashandabstraction.tumblr.com.
JAYNE REICHA graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Connecticut, Jayne was a teaching assistant at the Art Students League of New York. Her work has been featured in solo exhibitions in New York, New Mexico and California.
MITCH RIDDERFormerly a watercolor painter and illustrator for 24 years, Mitch is now a part-time photojournalist who loves the challenge of documenting a variety of subjects. He is specifically attracted to cityscapes during the Blue Hours of dawn and dusk. Mitch Ridder Photography.
When ANNA RODRIGUEZis not busy visiting her boisterously brazen sister in jail, she can be found huddled over her laptop frantically rushing to meet deadlines. More of her work can be found on halfmoon-sunglasses.tumblr.com.
ELLEN ROSEPainting is an attempt to come to terms with life. Every artist comes up with his/her own solution. ellenroseart.com
GUILIANA ROSEis a fulltime student taking on whatever learning opportunities and art-related projects she can, including her first ceramics class this year. She loves sharing the joy she finds in creating, so explore more of her work at facebook.com/artistgiulianarose.
JACKIE RUPEY is the author of “Ghost in the Mirror.”
ANIBAL SANTOSis a student illustrator and graphic designer. He has won several awards for news page layout and illustrations for the Lariat newspaper and served as the graphic designer/layout editor for WALL 2014, an award-winning issue. You can view some of his illustration work at anibalsantosart.com.
ANREA SANTOSis a graphic designer who has always had a passion for art and appreciates any form of creation. Writing is an art form that he doesn’t think will ever come easy to him, but he continues to be inspired by reading other people’s imagination translated through words.
MARION SCHACKis a software engineer by profession. In her spare time she can be found hiking in the local hills, scuba diving, writing, or spending time with her family and their two dogs in Rancho Santa Margarita, California.
CHRISTOPHER SHONAFELTis a Saddleback student double majoring in English and Theatre Arts. He is grateful to be published in WALL and will happily receive questions, comments, and criticism at .
LACEY SLYjust finished her second semester at Saddleback College. She like dogs and appreciates the little things in life.
ALARA TIERNAN is working toward her master’s degree in Interpersonal Communication. When she isn't cuddling her man or her tabby, she is out playing beach volleyball or dreaming up ways to inspire people to love one another.
CARLOS A. TORRESGrowing up in Laguna Beach surrounded by art proved an inspiration for Carlos to create portraits in graphite. A studio art major at Saddleback, where he expanded his love for drawing the human figure to painting and printing, Carlos will be transferring to Cal State Long Beach to study illustration.
TAWNYE VAUGHAN is an aspiring young artist and graphic designer, with dreams and ideas bigger than she can fathom. If you would like to see more of Tawnye’s art and photography, visit
LESLIE WILLIAMSAs a retired Marine, able to take my pack off after a beloved career, writing provides such joy. Published pieces have ranged from a featured OC Register article on the closing of historic MCAS El Toro to poems for The National Library of Poetry anthologies.
NIKITA YOUNG I sculpt. It is a means to my existence.