Vecindario Review is formed as a response to the issues that surround Southwestern communities and locales. It provides a space where high school and undergraduate students can have their stories represented and celebrated.
Vecindario Review is working in collaboration with Wildcat Writers, a program that facilitates a partnership with local high school students, teachers, community members and the University of Arizona.
You can read about the current editors below.
Darren Donate is a Xicanx visual poet. He is currently teaching English Language Arts in Tucson, Arizona. You can find his poetry and visual work at Berkeley Poetry Review, the minnesota review, and other places.
Charlie McMartin is a PhD candidate in Rhetoric Composition and the Teaching of English at the University of Arizona. He is currently the co-director of the community writing pathways program Wildcat Writers, and a fellow in the Mellon Funded research group Reporting on Race and Ethnicity in the Borderlands (1882-1924): A Data-Driven Digital Storytelling Hub. As a former high school educator, he cares about turning the focus of English departments towards their local communities and histories.
Kelli Lycke is a PhD candidate in Rhetoric Composition and the Teaching of English at the University of Arizona where they are also an instructor of writing. Kelli has a background in secondary education and excited to teach undergraduate and high school students how to write and publish on the web.