About Isabella
Isabella is an emerging writer and graduate of the MFA Creative Writing program at UBC. She has had two one-act plays staged, and loves to create and self-publish comics. She has 3+ years of teaching experience, and coaches artists in leading participatory workshops. Isabella currently lives on the stolen, traditional, and ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, where she works as a copywriter.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Publications
“Show Off”, Room Magazine, September 2022
Education
2016 - 2018
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, University of British Columbia
Faculty of Arts Graduate Award, GRATIAS Vobis Ago Award in Creative Writing, Provost Office Prize
2011 - 2016
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations & Security Studies, University of British Columbia
Professional Experience in the Arts
2018 - 2021
Festival Director of the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival
2019
Panel Moderator at the Vancouver Writers Festival
Creative Writing Instructor at the Minoru Seniors Society
2017 - 2018
Teaching Assistant for Graphic Forms and Comics in the Department of Creative Writing, University of British Columbia
2017
Creative Writing Instructor at UBC Camps
Mentor and Anthology Editor at New Shoots
Stage plays
Farming With Satanism, a comedy play, was staged for the Brave New Play Rites Festival.
Modern Horror, a comedy play, was produced Festival Dionysia for the UBC Players Club.
Comics Festivals
2018
Tabled at Canzine Vancouver Zine Festival
2017
Tabled at Canzine Vancouver Zine Festival