Name: Fatema Elbakoury

Recipient Year: 2016

Major: Creative Writing

Description: Fatema Elbakoury is currently a middle school English teacher. Previously, she earned her MA.Ed in Education and a secondary teaching credential in English from Stanford University. Prior to that, she earned her Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and her BA in English with a concentration in creative writing and a minor in religious studies from San Jose State University. Her work has appeared in Reed Magazine, Periphery, and Voyages: Africana Journal.

School Name: San Jose State University

Sponsor: Foundation for Intelligent Giving

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fatema-elbakoury/