Emily Gutierrez

Emily Gutierrez is a fiction writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She studied Creative Writing at Emory University and earned a Master's in Education from Fordham University. In addition to being a writer, Emily is a former educator who now works as the Senior Manager of External Partnerships with SEO Scholars, a free, eight-year, academic program that successfully educates and mentors underserved public high school students to and through college. Emily recently completed her MFA in Fiction at Columbia University and is working on a novel that centers on three generations of a Nicaraguan-American family. Her writing explores assimilation, generational trauma, and interpersonal relationships.