The Literacy Review is an annual journal of writing from adult literacy programs throughout New York City published by the NYU Gallatin Writing Program and edited by NYU Gallatin students. Visit The Literacy Review on the NYU Gallatin website to learn more.
Editor in Chief
Elizabeth Cheshire
Editors
Yejin Chang Olivia Kormos Cheyenne Alyse Porcher Cade Richmond Moosa Muzaffar Waraich
Designer
Jules Talbot
Photographers
Shreya Biswal Elizabeth Cheshire Joel Lee
Videographer
Jeffrey Yoon
Adviser
June Foley
Associate Adviser
Allyson Paty
Editorial BoardÂ
Allison Argueta, Maranda Bennett, Tim Brinkhof, Amanda Brown, Pilar Ceron, Eliette Chanezon, Sasha Cohen, Patrick Colabella, Jasper Louise Conacher, Lisa Cooley, Sarah Daoui, Charis Diamond, Jay Eisenstat, Rebecca Enright–Schur, Sara Fuchs, Bryanna Gary, Tia Glista, Kayla Herrera-Daya, Emmanuel Hidalgo–Wohlleben, Vivian Holland, James Huet, Xixi Jiang, Madison Kelts, Joy Kim, Emilie LaRock, Shae Lifson, Marry Lim, Kathy Lin, MariVi Madiedo, Clea Mahoney, Elizabeth Makris, Ava Marshall, Julia Mates, Petra McGregor, Chase Nenner, Emily Pardue, Pria Parsad, Viktoria Pashtriku, Annabel Paulsen, Liam Pitt, Sarah Quintas, Moriah Reibman, Lilly Reinstein, Talia Resnick, Paul Roessling, Cristiano Rotolo, Elizabeth Ruehl, Julia Rae Savasta, Furqan Sayeed, Travis Schuhardt, Mahar Asher Sperling, Bianca Sproul, Sophia Takvorian, Angie Tang, Sammy Tavassoli, Yaprak Ugurses, Shaina P Vallejos, Gabri Walker, Lia Warner, Kevin W. Weiskirch, Ziyuan Xu, Hannah Young, Kevin Zambrano
Thanks To
Gallatin Deans
Susanne Wofford, Dean of the Gallatin School Millery Polyné, Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs Patrick McCreery, Associate Dean of Students Linda Wheeler Reiss, Associate Dean for Administration Nick Likos, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Operations, and Technology Mehmet Darakcioglu, Assistant Dean for Global Programs Celeste Orangers, Assistant Dean for Academic Policy and Administration and Institutional Research Amy Spellacy, Assistant Dean for Advising and Faculty Affairs
Gallatin Writing Committee
Eugene Vydrin, Chair; June Foley, Senior Director; Allyson Paty, Associate Director; Anne DeWitt, Greg Erickson, Hannah Gurman, Rosanne Kennedy, Sara Murphy, Amanda Petrusich, Stacy Pies, Jacob Remes
Adult Literacy and Social Change Instructor
Dianne Ramdeholl
Kimmel Center for University Life
Sunita Devi, Associate Director John H. Reiniers, Manager of Marketing and Scheduling Richard Tom, Senior Scheduler
Special Thanks for Generous Contribution to Funding
Lisa Kail, Assistant Director, NYU Office of Civic Engagement The late Claire Morris Stern (B.A. 1989, M.A. 1998)