Colette DeDonato
Department Head
MFA Creative Writing/Poetry
Education
Colette has a BA in English with a Minor in Women's Studies from UC Berkeley, and an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. She has continued her post-grad education in a Teaching Composition certificate program and is currently taking courses in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Counseling.
Experience
Colette taught writing in San Francisco, Oakland and Santa Cruz. She is the author of a poetry collection, Orphanalia, forthcoming from Galileo Books, 2022, and the editor of the poetry anthology, City of One: Young Writers Speak to the World (Aunt Lute Books, 2004). In addition to education, she has worked in book and magazine publishing.
Fun Facts and Hobbies
- Writer
- Parent of an outstanding actor
- Has 96 well-loved, thriving house plants
