11/11/2025
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Alexa Quezada is in hir last semester of the MA in English program after nearly 10 years at IU Indy! Alexa also received hir BA in English, with a concentration Literature and a minor in Creative Writing, here in 2020 and has been slowly but surely making hir way toward hir master’s degree ever since. In addition to working at the University Writing Center and helping to lead the English Club for many years, Alexa has been on genesis staff since 2019 - first as an Editor and in the last few years as a Senior Editor. Prior to joining the staff, Alexa published hir very first piece in the Spring 2019 issue of genesis, and ze’s since been published in Butler’s Manuscripts and Texas Tech’s Iron Horse Literary Review. Although ze primarily writes poetry, ze’s also been learning to love creative nonfiction as an outlet. Whatever the genre, Alexa will rarely turn down the chance to share hir writing at a student reading or open mic, as the act of sharing hir work with hir community is what makes it all feel worth it. This is what Alexa loves most about working with genesis: taking part in a larger community, lifting up other budding artists the way ze was all those years ago. When it comes to reading, Alexa favors fiction - especially sci fi, graphic novels, and YA fiction - although ze’s currently reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, as it was recently gifted to hir by a friend. Hir favorite song right now is either “Crème Brulée” by David Archuleta or “Steady” by Sub-Radio. Ze’s also been watching Kindred on Hulu and needs to get hir hands on the novel by Octavia Butler soon!
