Audrey Shipp, Founding and Prose Editor of Decolonial Passage, is an AWP Writer to Writer mentee and a PEN America Emerging Voices Workshop LA honoree. Born in Los Angeles, some of her initial writing includes bilingual poetry that was published in The Americas Review (Arte-Publico Press). Her recent nonfiction has been published in Panorama Magazine, Crayon Magazine, Brittle Paper, Isele Magazine, A Long House, Sapphire Hues, Pure Slush, Another Chicago Magazine, Litro-NY, A Gathering Together, and Linden Avenue Literary Journal.  She has both a B.A. in English and an M.Ed. from UCLA, an M.A. in English from California State University, Los Angeles, and a Certificate in Creative Writing from UCLA Extension. Her professional passion has been teaching English and ESL at high school level in public schools in Los Angeles.

Nicolette Sandoval, Fiction Editor, was born and raised in Orange County. She is the first person to attend and finish college in her family. She graduated from UCLA in 2021 with a B.A. in Political Science, concentrating in International Relations. Since graduating, she has worked as a behavioral analyst with children before transitioning to publishing. She is looking forward to developing a professional career in publishing and editing.

Chidima Anekwe, Fiction Editor, is a Nigerian-American short story writer with a B.A. in English Literature from Yale University. Her words have appeared or are forthcoming in MAYDAY, Torch Literary Arts: Friday Feature, Chapter House Journal, SWING, Munyori Literary Journal, and elsewhere. She has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize (2024) and selected as a finalist for the Tucson Literary Awards (2025). Her writing is often centered on themes of otherness, existential dread, and the social order. She is currently living in Brooklyn, located on the ancestral, present, and future homelands of the Lenape people.

Kristina Bringman, Fiction and Poetry Editor, holds a Bachelor of Arts in English, a Master of Arts in English Literature, and a graduate certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. She has published articles in the Ohio Journal of English Language Arts and the Arizona English Journal, both peer-reviewed publications. Kristina will pursue a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) beginning in the fall of 2025.

Patrice M. Wilson, Poetry Editor, was born in Newark, NJ and has a PhD in English with concentrations in postcolonial theory and literature. She wrote a poetry thesis, “Between the Silence,” for her MA. She has three chapbooks with Finishing Line Press, and one full-length book, Hues of Darkness, Hues of Light, with eLectio Publishing. Her poetry has been published in several journals. Having been a professor and editor of the literary magazine at Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, HI, where she lived for many years, she is now retired and resides in Mililani, HI.

Vironika Wilde, Poetry Editor, is an award-winning poet, spoken word artist, activist, and proud mom. Her poetry collection, Love & Gaslight (2020), is a story about confronting trauma and seeking self-knowledge. Her upcoming collection, Step-Mother Tongue, received the Ontario Art Council’s Literary Grant and chronicles her search for identity following the death of her indigenous grandfather and the eruption of war in her home country. Vironika believes in the medicinal power of poetry. Through honest art, she hopes to inspire people to unburden themselves from the weight of unsaid and unheard words.

Cameron Mouton, Assistant Poetry Editor, is an Afro-Latina writer and editor born and raised in Los Angeles, California. A graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, she has a B.A. in American Literature and Culture and a minor in African American Studies. At UCLA she was the only undergraduate member on the team at the African journal, Ufahamu. Her first published book, Mixed (2021), details the trials and tribulations of being a biracial woman in the United States. In her writing and advocacy she works to bring awareness to marginalized groups and their stories, in order to make the literary world more inclusive. She is currently a book review editor and writer for The Festival Review, a literary magazine. 

Revati Gelda, Assistant Poetry Editor, holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Binghamton University where she served as Arts & Culture Editor for her university’s newspaper. Her work focuses on the arts and its importance in today’s society. Her reporting has appeared in local publications in the Hudson Valley including The Daily Catch and Hudson Valley Magazine. Currently, she is a writer for Earthday.org.

Interns

Rita Balogun, Sophia Centola, Cashmere Chillious, Pearl Cook, Emma Dold, Steven Hughes, Sean Miller, Milan Parker, Cassandra Pataky, Rowan Pearson, Celia Sterrn, Samantha Thomas

Editors Emeritus

Isaiah Holbrook, Samir Knego, Breanna Wright, Jake Kirby, Gwen Pearson, Salaam Odeh, Ami J. Sanghvi, Anais Osipova, Veronica Greer, Austin Newton, Aniria Williams, Tori Alvarado, Jasonna Rogers, Sarina Sharpe, Ntando Sindane, Ani Jones