Jess Rizkallah

Jess Rizkallah currently holds a position in Student Affairs at Harvard University, starting in February 2025, while also serving as a Fellow at KUNDIMAN since June 2018. Previous roles include Protocol Scheduler at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute from February 2022 to February 2025 and Co Director of RAWIFest at RADIUS OF ARAB AMERICAN WRITERS INC from January 2020 to September 2023. Jess has experience as Managing Editor at Pizza Pi Press (August 2012 - September 2023), After School Teacher at Agassiz Baldwin Community (November 2019 - April 2020), Writing Instructor at New York University (January 2018 - May 2018), Writing Assistant at City University of New York (September 2017 - May 2018), and English Tutor at American Reads/Counts (January 2017 - June 2017). Additional experience includes working as Shift Supervisor at Cafe Zing! (January 2016 - August 2016). Jess holds an MFA in Poetry from New York University (2016 - 2018) and a BA in English from Lesley University (2011 - 2015), along with completing the Dual Enrollment Program in General Liberal Arts Studies at Northern Essex Community College (2009 - 2011) and participating in The Writing Program at Tufts University (2010).