About Me
Michelle Chadwell is a Filipino-American writer and editor whose work explores literary history, empire, and diaspora. Their criticism has appeared in The Metropolitan Review and LIVE, and their creative nonfiction has been published in Claudine Literary, Vellichor Literary, and The Kudzu Review. Born and raised in Bohol, Philippines, they immigrated to South Florida and graduated cum laude from Florida State University with dual bachelor’s degrees in English (minor in Communications) and International Affairs (concentration in Political Science). At FSU, they served as Editor-in-Chief of The Kudzu Review, the undergraduate literary magazine, and wrote an Honors in the Major thesis on Sinofuturism and the geopolitics of the US and China. They are passionate about engaging communities through education on the intersection of economic injustice and immigration, especially within the Filipino community, and about bringing diaspora communities together through cultural intervention. They are based in Philadelphia.
