Farnaz Fatemi (’14) is currently serving as Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County, California. Her book, Sister Tongue زبان خواهر, was chosen by Tracy K. Smith as winner of the 2021 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize. Sister Tongue was published by Kent State University Press on August 31, 2022. She is a founding member of The Hive Poetry Collective, which presents a weekly radio show and podcast in Santa Cruz County and hosts readings and poetry-related events. She was formerly a writing instructor at the University of California, Santa Cruz.