Bellingham Review Contributor
Nicole Leopardo (she/her/they) is an activist-scholar, and equity and inclusion strategist currently serving as Satellite Affordable Housing Associates’ (SAHA) inaugural Director of Equity and Inclusion in Berkeley, California. In this role, Nicole is stewarding both internal and community-focused Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion initiatives. As a former faculty in the historic College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University, Nicole co-founded one of the first Critical Mixed Race Studies programs in the country. Nicole finds joy in conjuring up ancestral culinary delights, powerlifting, and participating in transformative, authentic dialogue.
Bellingham Review is so excited to share with you a folio of poetry that emerged from the 50th Association for Ethnic Studies Conference at California State University, Los Angeles, in 2022. This poetry folio on…