
Nicole Marie Gervasio
Mentor
Nicole Marie Gervasio is the Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow and Literary Festival & Public Programs Manager at PEN America, a nonprofit standing at the intersection of human rights and free expression in New York City. She leads curation for the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, the largest annual gathering of authors from around the world in New York City, and manages community-engaged writing programs for immigrants and low-wage workers. She received her Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University in 2018 and has won numerous teaching awards. She is currently finishing her first novel.