{"id":6707,"date":"2015-10-20T12:03:02","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T12:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=6707"},"modified":"2025-11-08T13:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T21:56:15","slug":"alumni-ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/graduate\/mfa\/people\/alumni-ambassadors","title":{"rendered":"MFA Alumni Ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet the MFA in Creative Writing &amp; Poetics Alumni Ambassadors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Alumni Ambassadors are alumni representatives who embody the values and aims of the MFA in Creative Writing &amp; Poetics program. As alumni working across diverse roles and sectors, they support prospective students, current students, and fellow alumni by sharing how they\u2019ve translated their degrees and navigated their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Noor Alnaaz Islam,<strong> <\/strong>Class of 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"355\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/10\/Noor-Islam.png\" alt=\"Noor stands in front of green cacti of different sizes and hues of green, wearing a light cream shirt with fringe.\" class=\"wp-image-33304 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/10\/Noor-Islam.png 355w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/10\/Noor-Islam-286x300.png 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Noor Alnaaz Islam<\/strong> (she\/her) is a poet, editor, and philosophy scholar from Assam, India, currently based in Seattle, Washington. Her work explores eco-poetics, the human condition, and matrilineal identity. She was an editor at <em>Clamor<\/em> and served as a reader for the 2025 Airlie Prize. Noor\u2019s writing has appeared in <em>Ambrosia<\/em>, <em>Ancient Technology News<\/em>, <em>Clamor<\/em>, <em>The Assam Tribune <\/em>and elsewhere. She works with Kelsey Street Press and hosts <em>Sip and Share<\/em>, a community circle.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:54px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mason Peterson, Class of 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/10\/Mason-Peterson-2.png\" alt=\"Mason laying reading a book on a white cloth and within large golden frame. The background surrounding them contains the placement of different whismical objects.\" class=\"wp-image-33307 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/10\/Mason-Peterson-2.png 374w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/10\/Mason-Peterson-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/10\/Mason-Peterson-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/10\/Mason-Peterson-2-125x125.png 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Mason Peterson <\/strong>(they\/he)\u00a0is a poet, scholar, and multimedia artist located in the Pacific Northwest. They hold a bachelor\u2019s degree in culture, literature, and the arts from the University of Washington, Bothell, where they are currently pursuing an MFA in creative writing. Mason has a background in academic tutoring and classroom support, and they are forever passionate about poetry, fiction, and storytelling in all its weird and wonderful forms. Much of their creative work flits somewhere between the realms of fantasy and reality, exploring themes of the self, the body, and queer joy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:65px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the MFA in Creative Writing &amp; Poetics Alumni Ambassadors Alumni Ambassadors are alumni representatives who embody the values and aims of the MFA in Creative Writing &amp; Poetics program. 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