Seattle has a new civic poet. Claudia Castro Luna has been appointed to the newly created position, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray office has announced.
Luna will serve a two-year term, from August 2015 to August 2017. She’ll appear at five community performances and workshops throughout the city and receive a $10,000 stipend.
Luna was born in El Salvador and came to the U.S. as a teenager fleeing civil war. She has a master of arts in urban planning, a teaching degree and a master of fine arts in poetry. She’s a K-12 certified teacher.
Her poems have appeared in several journals, including “Milvia Street” and “The Womanist.