Meet the Team

  • Zaira Bardos

    EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & FOUNDER

    (she/they) is a Filipina American writer & filmmaker who is a recent English MA graduate at Western Washington University. Growing up in a small town in the valley below Mt. Rainier, she found writing was a safe spot for her stories on yearning, home, and sad people in academia. They are currently a reader at FC2. She is published in Hot Pot Magazine, Wyld Craft Magazine, and Her Campus Media . Their films include “Ghost Spots” (2025) and “I Remember Everything” (2022).

    Instagram: @zairaajelb

  • Emmett Marsh

    DESIGN DIRECTOR

    It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • Eleanor Parks

    SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR

    It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

Zaira Bardos

(she/they) is a Filipina American writer & filmmaker who is a recent English MA graduate at Western Washington University. Growing up in a small town in the valley below Mt. Rainier, she found writing was a safe spot for her stories on yearning, home, and sad people in academia. They are currently a reader at FC2. She is published in Hot Pot Magazine, Wyld Craft Magazine, and Her Campus Media . Their films include “Ghost Spots” (2025) and “I Remember Everything” (2022).

Instagram: @zairaajelb

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & FOUNDER

Ava DeVries

(she/her) is an MA candidate at Western Washington University, where she also received her bachelor’s in Creative Writing. Her fiction has previously appeared in The Ghastling, ergot., and Broken Antler, among other venues. Ava is also a Submissions Reader for Fusion Fragment and the Hybrid Editor at Bellingham Review.

FICTION EDITOR

Instagram: @ava_devries

Twitter: @AvaDeVries04

Bluesky: @avadevries.bsky.social‬

Isabel Campisteguy

Isabel is a recent English graduate from the University of Washington who dreams of someday working with children's literature. Having grown up as a dancer, Isabel has always had a strong artistic energy that has drawn her to all things creative. She particularly enjoys working with traditional art, creative literature, layout design, and graphic editing. Her last project was as the layout editor for the 41st issue of Bricolage which was released this past spring. Outside of her artistic endeavors, Isabel can be found taking her dog on hikes, playing games with friends, and biking around Lake Washington.

POETRY EDITOR

Lilly Wright

Lilly Wright attended Bellarmine University and studied English and Film Studies. Her love of textual and visual storytelling is witnessed in her life-long fascination of the narrative arts. She is an experienced editor and writer, winning the O’Keeffe Essay Award at her university for her comprehensive skills as an essayist. Lilly is a published author of creative non-fiction, poems, and prose. Besides books and films, Lilly is passionate about environmental causes.

HYBRID EDITOR

Instagram: @lillyy.wright

Bookstagram: @literary.ginger

Goodreads: @Lilly Wright

Letterboxd: @lillykendall‬

Alexsey DaCosta

Alexsey is a Graphic Designer and Artist from Ann Arbor Michigan. She studied graphic design at the University of Michigan and is currently based in the Chicago area. In her free time, she enjoys birdwatching, taking walks, and going to art markets.

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Instagram: @alexseydc