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Portrait of Aleina Edwards

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Aleina Edwards

Senior Consultant at > Quadrant Strategies | Washington, D.C.

  • University of Nevada-Reno
  • Creative Writing
  • Class of 2023
  • USA

Member since December 2022

About

I'm a writer, editor, and content strategist currently based in the Tahoe area. I studied art history and communications at the University of Pennsylvania and am currently pursuing my MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Nevada, Reno-Tahoe. My creative nonfiction has been published in a variety of literary magazines, and I'm the recipient of the 2022 Two Pines Award for Outstanding Creative Work.

Education

  • University of Nevada Reno-Tahoe

    Creative Writing | Nonfiction

    2021 – 2023

  • University of Pennsylvania

    Communications | Art History & Gender Studies

    2013 – 2017

Honors and awards

  • Two Pines Award for Outstanding Creative Work

    Program honor awarded to student with the highest caliber of written work

Goals and interests

Career goal

Freelance writer, editor, and teacher

Graduate school interests

Craft of creative nonfiction, literary theory, and pedagogy

Outside the classroom

Reading, cooking, photography, Crossfit

Experience

  • Senior Consultant

    > Quadrant Strategies | Washington, D.C.

  • Senior Project Manager

    > PSB Research | Washington, D.C.

  • Data Journalist

    > North Star Inbound | Remote

  • Freelance Writer and Strategist

    > Self-Employed | Remote

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