POET & EDUCATOR

Giovanna Lomanto is a Pushcart-Prize nominated poet and visual artist. She has published two full-length poetry collections, a limited art edition, and two chapbooks. She is a current MFA candidate at NYU, and her work has been supported by U.C. Berkeley, KQED, and the SFMOMA archive. Currently, she hosts The Living Room Series & Salon in San Francisco, and performs at various arts & culture events. She lives in Oakland with her partner and their lion head bunny Maggie.