Past Community Storytelling Fellows

Community Storytelling Fellows are selected from a competitive pool of applicants, representing writers, filmmakers, cartoonists, and other nonfiction storytellers.

Enrique Bautista, Woodburn | 2024 Fellow

• "Writing on the Wall"
• "Taking Accountability with Enrique Bautista and Alexis Tadeo"

Melissa Bennett, Silverton | 2023 Fellow

• "Creation Stories"
• "Séma"

Diana Marcela Cuartas, East Portland | 2024 Fellow

• "Borrowed Kitchens and Conference Rooms"

Derek DeForest, Ashland | 2023 Fellow

• "At the End of the Tunnel"
• "Sacred Instructions"
• "Mushrooms as Medicine"

Hector Flores, Talent | 2022 Fellow

Sarah Fox, Hood River | 2024 Fellow

• "Channeling the Stories of the Local Watershed"
• "Consider This: Stories from the Hood River Watershed"

Geneva Gano, Seal Rock | 2024 Fellow

Andre Gray, Portland | 2024 Fellow

Joon Ae Haworth-Kaufka, Portland | 2024 Fellow

• "We Contain Multitudes"
• "A Debt of Gratitude"

Astra Lincoln, Portland | 2024 Fellow

• "Life after Running"
• "Metronome"
• "What We Owe Each Other"

Nella Mae Parks, Cove | 2023 Fellow

• "Refugio" / "Refuge"
• "Tonalidades de la Vida / Shades of Life"

Jennifer Perrine, Portland | 2022 Fellow

• "We're Here for Each Other"
• "We Know What We've Experienced"
• "We Are the Original Conservationists"

Bruce Poinsette, Tigard | 2022 Fellow

• "Just Go Do It"
• "You Need a Hug?"
• "My Heart Belongs Where the Trees Are"

Stacey Rice, Portland | 2023 Fellow

• "The Wisdom that Finds Us"
• "The Gift of Our Stories"
• "Rural Places"

Yanely Rivas, Salem | 2023 Fellow

• "Memoria Ancestral"
• "Corazón de Fuego / Heart of Fire"

Ana Maria Rodriguez, Boardman | 2023 Fellow

• "Refugio" / "Refuge"
• "Tonalidades de la Vida / Shades of Life"

Rafael Romero, Boardman | 2023 Fellow

• "Interview: Carlos on Migration, Danger, and His American Dream" / "Entrevista: Carlos habla de migración, peligro, y su sueño americano"
• "Interview: Rafael Romero Vejar on Field Work and Family" / "Entrevista: Rafael Romero Vejar habla de la vida del campo y sus sueños por su familia"

Ke-Ash Ne-Asht Sheshatko, Portland | 2023 Fellow

“Reclaiming Our Language"

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