What’s happening with the CWS — week of 3/16

Below are this week’s upcoming events and deadlines at the CWS. These listings and more can be found in MyCWS. Make sure you subscribe so that you receive the updates directly to your inbox! Monday, March 16 – Quick Fix Grant Deadline | NOON | MyCWS – CWS “Quick Fix” Grants provide small amounts of funding to support…

Where Are They Now: Priscilla Weninger ’10

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I was born in Houston, TX to immigrant parents from Mexico and Peru. My mother fought for me to attend the top schools across town. If it hadn’t been for my amazing teachers, I would have never gone to Wellesley or received my Master’s degree…

Where Are They Now: Amy Chu ’89

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I publish comics and graphic novels for women and girls under the imprint Alpha Girl Comics and I’m a freelance writer for comics publishers like DC and Vertigo. I’ve done a little bit of everything – At Wellesley I took a semester off to start…

Where Are They Now: Rosa Fernández ’07

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. My name is Rosa Fernández. I graduated from Wellesley College in 2007, and studied history with a focus on Latin America. After coming to the U.S. at age 14 with my twin sister and mother, I attended Manhattan International High School, a small high school…

Where Are They Now: Misti Yang ’01

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. Ha! Sorry, when I see “your career” I have to chuckle just a little because I don’t think of myself as having a “career.” I have entered doors when they opened, and left when I was ready for something new. Today, I am in graduate…