Dr. Gina Rizzo
Great Home Activities for Kids!
From the Society of Children"s Writers and Illustrators https://www.scbwi.org/digital-directory-for-remote-learning-resources/
News
December 2019-Present
Managing Editor for World Futures: The Journal for New Paradigm Research
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/bwof20/current
November 2019 - Present
Represented by agent, Amy Brewer, at Metamorphosis Literary Agency
https://www.metamorphosisliteraryagency.com/
April 2019 - Present
PhD Teaching Assistant, PhD Core Courses
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA USA
August 2019
Winner: Amateur Poetry, 2nd and 5th place
Napa Town & Country Fair, Napa, CA USA
July 2019
Winner: Haiku, 2nd place and Poetry Any Other, 5th place
Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA USA
June 2019
Winner Unpublished Work, 3rd place
Solano County Fair, Vallejo, CA USA
March - May 2019
PhD Teaching Assistant, Comprehensive Exam: Essay-Dissertation Literature
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA USA
May 2019
Invited Children;s Poetry Presenter
Grattan Elementary School, San Francisco, CA USA
May 2019
Invited Children's Poetry Presenter
Edwin and Anita Lee Newcomer School, San Francisco, CA USA
(formerly Chinese Education Center)
March 2019
Invited Reader of My Original Poetry
Verses, Voices, & Visions Launch Party, JFK Library, Vallejo, CA USA
December 2018
Original Poem Performance
Benecia Literary Arts Ekphrastic Poetry Event, Benecia CA, USA
September 2019
Presenter on Education for All Subjects Using the Arts
Women Rising Conference, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA USA
September 2018 - present
Member
Vallejo Poetry Society, Vallejo, CA, USA
September 2018
Sponsored Chalk Muralist
Chalk Art Festival, Wild and Free, Vallejo, CA, USA
September 2018
Children's Poetry Presenter
Unity Day, Vallejo, CA, USA
August 2018
Original Poems Accepted
Verses, Voices, & Visions of Vallejo: Poetry Anthology, Vallejo, CA, USA
August 2018 - January 2019
Toast Masters Member
Mare Island Toast Masters, Vallejo, CA, USA
August 2018
Original Children's Poetry Reading
Poetry at Rosanne's, open mic, Benecia, CA, USA
August 2018 - present
Bimonthly Original Children's Poetry Presenter
OZCAT Radio, Art Beat, D.J. Lala, Vallejo, CA, USA
August 2018 - present
Member Poet
Marin Poetry Center, Marin, CA, USA
July 2018 - present
Bimonthly Original Poetry Presenter
Poetry by the Bay, Vallejo, CA, USA
July 2018
Featured Children's Author/Illustrator Reading
High Sierra Music Festival, Family Village, Quincy, CA, USA
May 2018
Author/Illustrator Reading
John F. Kennedy Library, Preschool Story-time,Vallejo, CA, USA
May 2017
Invited Private Small Group Art Facilitator
An acrylic painting in an afternoon, Napa, CA, USA
January 2017
Invited Private Small Group Art Facilitator
An acrylic painting in an evening, Clear Lake, CA, USA
2005 - 2015
Visual Art Teacher (9.5 years) & Visual & Performing Arts Department Chair Person (3 years)
Cabrillo High School, Lompoc, CA, USA