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Kalem Project
  • Home
  • Why Creative Writing
  • Our Team
  • Our Partners
  • Workshops & Contests
  • FAQ
  • Donate
  • Contact Us
  • Additional Resources
  • **********
  • TÜRKÇE
  • عربي
  • ENGLISH

OUR TEAM

Filiz Fish

Can Doğa Bölükbaşı

Can Doğa Bölükbaşı

FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR


Filiz is a high school senior from Pasadena.  Since she was ten, Filiz has been volunteering as a tutor and youth ambassador with organizations who help settle refugee families in Los Angeles and Istanbul, Turkiye. 


An alumna of the Iowa Young Writers Studio and the Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop, her work 

FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR


Filiz is a high school senior from Pasadena.  Since she was ten, Filiz has been volunteering as a tutor and youth ambassador with organizations who help settle refugee families in Los Angeles and Istanbul, Turkiye. 


An alumna of the Iowa Young Writers Studio and the Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop, her work has been recognized by the Live Poets Society of New Jersey, The New York Times, The Adroit Journal, and more. She currently serves as an editor for her school’s literary magazine, The Polygraph, and as editor-in-chief of her school newspaper, The Paw Print.


As a young woman and writer, Filiz has always been passionate about recognizing and promoting female voices through the written word.

Can Doğa Bölükbaşı

Can Doğa Bölükbaşı

Can Doğa Bölükbaşı

TÜRKIYE 

COORDINATOR


Doğa is a high school senior living in Ankara, Türkiye. He is passionate about acting and biology, and he is the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of his school’s newspaper. 


Doğa hopes to use his knowledge to help others in the fields of health and equal rights for a sustainable future.


Doğa has a cat named Mira.  He enjoys reading, watching TV and learning new languages.

OUR OFFICERS & BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Yasemin Sarikaya

Warner James Wood

Warner James Wood

PRESIDENT & CHAIRPERSON


Senior Financial Analyst, UCLA Health

Warner James Wood

Warner James Wood

Warner James Wood

VICE PRESIDENT


Screenwriter and Poet

Mark Fish

Warner James Wood

Megan Van Ness

SECRETARY & TREASURER


TV Writer

Megan Van Ness

Megan Van Ness

Megan Van Ness

DIRECTOR


COO, Planning Design and Construction, UCLA Health

Isik Özel

Megan Van Ness

Isik Özel

DIRECTOR


Associate Professor, Political Science, University Carlos III de Madrid 

Megan Van Ness

Isik Özel

  

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