STEPHANIE ABRAHAM is a nonfiction writer based in Los Angeles. Her writings have appeared in numerous publications, such as Yes!, Al Jazeera, Ms., McSweeney’s, and Mizna, as well as in three anthologies. She was part of the editorial collective who founded the feminist magazine make/shift, and the founding editor of the feminist magazine LOUDmouth. She served for several years as the pop culture correspondent and film critic for the radio and television show Rising Up with Sonali.

She serves as the senior marketing communications specialist in the Department of Strategic Communications at Cal Poly Pomona. Additionally, she specializes in writing, speaking and teaching on DEI, identity, allyship, and representation, including demystifying stereotypes. For 20+ years, she has taught grassroots workshops and classes on how to use deep listening skills to undo the effects of oppression and build towards liberation.

Stephanie completed a Master of Professional Writing at USC and an M.A. in cultural studies at Cal State LA. Her master’s thesis, “Hollywood’s Harem Housewife: Orientalism in I Dream of Jeannie,” is part of the Jack G. Shaheen Collection on Arabs in U.S. Film and Television at New York University. She holds a B.A. in world arts and cultures from UCLA.

She’s always down to debate the Oxford comma, eats dark chocolate before noon, and after hating dogs for decades became a devoted doggy momma after living with a pup named Malika.