Erik Armstrong (he/him/his), a Filipino mestizo writer, is a graduate of the Solstice MFA Creative Writing Program, and he is a Professor of English at College of the Sequoias, where he teaches academic and creative writing. His recent creative work was featured in Storytelling, an ekphrastic art installation, and in the Fall 2025 of Watershed Review. His academic writing has been published in Composition Studies and by USC’s Race and Equity Center.