YPEI Innovates Creative Writing Workshop for Incarcerated Student

On September 24, the YaleNews, a publication of the Yale Office of Public Affairs and Communication, highlighted YPEI’s remote Creative Writing Workshop, and how we adapted to to the conditions of the pandemic. Featuring interviews from YPEI student Fellows and incarcerated YPEI students, read more at the link below.

“Workshop inspired creative expression in cellblocks”

“The more I write, the more I discover the truth about myself, about the world, about it all….”

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Lydia Burleson

Lydia Burleson served as the Communications and Alumni Engagement Associate for Dwight Hall at Yale, Center for Public Service and Social Justice from June 2021-June 2022. A first-generation low-income student from rural Texas, Lydia graduated from Yale cum laude in 2021 with a degree in English and a nonfiction creative writing concentration. During her college years, Lydia increased awareness of marginalized voices with the public writing she did for The Yale Daily News and the Yale Admissions office. Her Dwight Hall experiences included free college advising with student-led member groups REACH and Matriculate. Dwight Hall empowered Lydia to uplift other disadvantaged students and to increase access to education for people who might not have otherwise received these resources. She is currently completing an English PhD at Stanford University with a Knight-Hennessy Fellowship.