OUR TEAM
Asha Berkes Director of Writing Programs
asha@write253.org
Asha Berkes is a poet and educator living in Tacoma, Washington. At the University of Puget Sound they studied English Creative Writing with minors in African American Studies and Gender and Queer Studies. Find them riding his bike around town or sitting by the Sound gluing leaves into their journal.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Updated March 2025
Dale King (Acting President/Treasurer)
Burl Battersby (Secretary)
Luke Byram (Vice President)
Tashawn Deville
Wendy Holcomb
Fahren Johnson
Lori Parrish
Tabitha Plotke
Abby Shade