Dr. Rosemarie Dombrowski, Founding Director
In addition to her role as founding director of Revisionary Arts (RA), Rosemarie Dombrowski is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Phoenix, AZ, a Teaching Professor at Arizona State University, and the founding editor of ISSUED: stories of service, a journal dedicated to showcasing military-affiliated voices and building a community of compassion. She’s also the creator and facilitator of Verses for Vets, a poetic medicine program for veterans and sponsored by the Office for Veteran and Military Academic Engagement at ASU.
Additionally, Rosemarie is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Bioethics and Medical Humanism at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, where she serves as the faculty editor of Grey Matter, the school’s medical poetry journal. She’s also the curator of the Pharmacy of Poems in the Compassion Center at Banner-University Medical Center in Phoenix.
As a Medical Humanist, Rosemarie’s scholarship and creative work lies at the intersection of poetry and medicine. Accordingly, her first poetry collection, The Book of Emergencies (Five Oaks Press, 2014), is a lyrical exploration of congenital cardiac disorders as well as nonverbal Autism, both of which afflict her son (now 25). In 2022, she made her debut on the TEDx stage with a talk entitled “The Medicinal Value of Poetry.”
Rosemarie’s 20+ years as a community and university-based literary arts educator and program developer has earned her numerous awards, including an Arts Hero Award, a Great 48 award, a Women & Philanthropy grant, a Fellowship from the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics, and a Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets, the Speaker of the Year award by Arizona Humanities, and an Arizona Capitol Times Leader of the Year Award (Arts & Culture category).
Learn more about her publications and projects at rdpoet.com
Mara-Clarisa Boiangiu
Mara Boiangiu is a graduate of Barrett the Honors College, at Arizona State University, where she earned degrees in Neuroscience and Global Health. She went on to earn an MS in Global Health at Georgetown University.
Mara has worked with nonprofits, conducted neuroscience research at the Biodesign Institute at both ASU and Georgetown University’s Department of Global Health, and volunteered in the surgical department at MedStar Hospital.
Currently, Mara is a second year medical student at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. She is a global health honors fellow and involved in several organizations catering to community health around the Chicago area.
She has served as RA’s social media coordinator and researcher since 2021 and has loved writing poetry since she was a child. Her favorite pastimes are traveling, reading and exercising in nature.
Danielle Du
Danielle Du is a graduate of the premed program at Arizona State University and Barrett, the Honors College currently pursuing her Master’s in Learning Sciences at ASU. A lifelong writer turned science lover, she enjoys creativity in all its forms but especially poetry. When she isn’t reading, writing, or crafting, you might find her fawning over her mineral collection or walking her cat with her partner.
Evander Hudson
Evander Hudson is an undergraduate student at Arizona State University, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree through the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership (SCETL) and Barrett, The Honors College. Their academic focus includes a minor in Philosophy and certificates in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, as well as Political History and Leadership. Outside the classroom, Ev is an avid colorguard performer and instructor, and deeply values time spent with friends, family, and pets. Ev is a lifelong poet and activist with a passion to help others in any way possible and is an intern for Revisionary Arts.
Alyssa Klink
Alyssa Klink holds an undergraduate degree in journalism and political science from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and a graduate degree in Health Humanities from the School of Health and Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. She previously worked as an editor for ASU’s community-facing publication, Write On, Downtown, and has been writing prose and poetry for several years.
Melissa Leto
Melissa Leto is a writer from New York who now lives near the Beeline Highway and Salt River on Hohokam land. Her/Their work has appeared in KHORA, Bloody Funny Zine, Shrew Lit Magazine, Tom Maxedon’s Word podcast, and Write On Downtown. Their wordmaking weaves joy through trauma, grief, and PTSD infused with the interconnectedness of the alive world and queer love in realms of hybridity. She received an MFA from Northern Arizona University, she teaches for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at ASU, and is an editor for rinky dink press. She has served as RA’s senior facilitator since 2020.
Emilie Lu
Emilie Lu is a graduate of Arizona State University and Barrett, the Honors College, where she earned a degree in Medical studies in 2021. In 2025, Emilie earned an MS in Anatomy at the University of Arizona. She has taught numerous introductory science courses at ASU and is a creative nonfiction writer who enjoys working at the intersection of science and poetry/creativity. She also enjoys watercolor painting, drawing, pen doodling, and playing piano.
Debbi O’Der
Debbi O’Der is a lifelong learner who started her poetry journey at the High School for Performing and Visual Arts over 40 years ago, where she graduated with Honors. She continues to study and participate in workshops throughout the valley while bringing poetry therapy/poetic medicine to communities that have not had access to complementary therapies or the self-expression and personal development that poetry affords. When not working on her memoir, Debbi loves to watch movies and listen to live music, especially the blues. She also is a “rescue fail” who has been adopted by four cats and three dogs.
Raena Raebel
Raena Raebel received their Bachelor’s in Health Care Compliance at Arizona State University. He then went on to complete a Master of Legal Studies from the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law with a dual concentration in Healthcare Compliance and Conflict Resolution. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor in Health Care Compliance and Regulations at the Edson College of Nursing and Health In-novation at Arizona State University. They are also a member of the Edson College Council on Inclusive Engagement and an editor of Grey Matter: the medical poetry journal of the Narrative Medicine program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. He serves as RA’s Director of Compliance.
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