W2R Manhattan

  • Senior Programs Manager
    Elsa Bermúdez

    Elsa Bermúdez has loved teaching creative writing, essay writing, sketch comedy, and graphic noveling at Writopia Lab since 2014. As Program Manager, she also runs Writopia Lab’s on-site scholarship program, Write to Recognition, and several off-site partnership programs. Elsa is a writer, comedian, artist, and educator. She earned her BA in Philosophy from Providence College and her MFA in Creative Writing in Fiction from The New School. Her short story, Agency, was published in H.O.W. Journal's Issue 11. She also studied improv and sketch comedy writing at UCB. Elsa has produced and performed on comedy stages around New York City, including the Magnet Theater, the Pit, and Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. She has also directed for Magnet Theater’s sketch program, Remix. Currently, Elsa writes for Magnet Theater’s house sketch team, House Party, and writes, directs, performs, and produces a sketch comedy show, I Feel Funny. Elsa lives in Astoria, Queens with her dog and two cats.

  • Program Administration Manager
    Instructor
    Madeline Taylor

    Madeline Taylor joined Writopia as an intern in June 2015 and, after a year of working part-time, began full-time as Registration Coordinator. She also served as the Production Stage Manager for the Writopia Worldwide Plays Festival 2016. She graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College at Columbia University with a BA in English & Creative Writing. At Barnard, she stage managed, edited, and contributed to student-written theater productions, and her main areas of instruction at Writopia are the Playwriting & Performance program and the Essay Writing program. She writes primarily creative non-fiction and short fiction, and received recognition for her non-fiction writing at Barnard College with the Schwimmer Prize for the Humanities and the Estelle M. Allison Prize for Literature.

  • Office Manager
    Kyle Henry

    Kyle joined Writopia Lab as the Office Manager in 2017, bringing a wealth of experience in office management and in plumbing mechanics. His passion is creativity – he loves sketching, music, writing haikus and has done everything from t-shirt screen printing to tattoo art. Kyle hails from Sangre Grande, Trinidad W.I and came to Brooklyn at age thirteen (the original Bushwick). His greatest accomplishment is his ten-year-old nugget – his daughter Kelyse. He loves New York City, and he has a deep dedication to NYC sports teams (#nyjets #nyk #nym). Fun facts – he loves classic cars, butter crunch cookies (in the yellow packaging), and he has not cut his hair since 1999.

  • Operations Specialist
    Rachel Crocker

    Rachel is part of the operations, registration, private sessions, and web teams at Writopia Lab! Rachel graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in May 2017 with a BA in French/Francophone Studies and International Business as well as a minor in Political Science. At UT Knoxville, Rachel’s favorite classes were the ones that featured different cultures and traditions. Building on her French language skills and her love of foreign cultures, she taught English to elementary students in France during the 2017-18 school year. Rachel loves curling up with a good book, listening to podcasts, and watching cute dog videos (because dogs are the best).

  • W2R Mentor
    Aimee Heath

    Aimée is very excited to join the Writopia team this fall! A proud Houston native, Aimée first came to New York City to pursue a degree in English at St. John’s University. Now, she’s pursuing two degrees: both a BA and an MA in English from St. John’s. Though she spends most of her time analyzing literature, her true love lies in Creative Writing (which just so happens to be her minor). She writes both poetry and fiction, and her work has been featured in Sequoya, her university’s literary arts magazine. Additionally, Aimée runs a blog: The Unauthorized Review of New York Theater and Dining. If it hadn’t been for her many great teachers and mentors encouraging her in her writing along the way, Aimée would certainly not be the writer she is today. Therefore, she wants to pay that kindness forward as a Write to Recognition mentor. Aimée loves to travel, support her Houston sports teams and the St. John’s Red Storm, and play the piano.

  • W2R Volunteer

    Abby Coleman

    Abby Coleman joined Writopia Lab in September 2012. She is the former Associate Director of Programs and Instructor. She completed her BA in English/Creative Writing from Hendrix College in Arkansas (2011) and her MFA in Poetry from The New School (2014). Her poetry and artwork have appeared in The Providence Journal, The Aonian, The New School Collaborative (for which she also created the cover design), and most recently in Pieces of Cake, The NYD Anthology 2014, great weather for MEDIA, and Eleven Eleven. She has also created two chapbooks, The Heart Machine and Involuntary Rabbits. She is thrilled to be volunteering with Writopia Lab.

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