Bertha Mia Bazbaz is an undergraduate student at Arizona State University pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Justice Studies and a minor in Spanish. She is originally from Dallas, Texas, where her Mexican-American background inspired her curiosity for translation and bilingual literature. (updated 2023)

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“Ama” by Samyak Shertok (Spanish)

Bertha Mia Bazbaz is an undergraduate student at Arizona State University pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Justice Studies and a minor in Spanish. She is originally from Dallas, Texas, where her Mexican-American background inspired her curiosity for translation and bilingual literature. (updated 2023)

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“Ama” by Samyak Shertok (Spanish)

Zhongxing Zeng

Zhongxing Zeng is a Ph.D. (Literature) student in the English Department at Arizona State University. His research interests include William Blake, English Romanticism, and English-Chinese Literary Translation. He is also a singer-songwriter with publications of original music on NetEase Music, Apple Music, and Spotify under the artist name 曾寅. (updated 2022)

Zhongxing Zeng

Zhongxing Zeng is a Ph.D. (Literature) student in the English Department at Arizona State University. His research interests include William Blake, English Romanticism, and English-Chinese Literary Translation. He is also a singer-songwriter with publications of original music on NetEase Music, Apple Music, and Spotify under the artist name 曾寅. (updated 2022)

Zhongxing Zeng

Zhongxing Zeng is a Ph.D. (Literature) student in the English Department at Arizona State University. His research interests include William Blake, English Romanticism, and English-Chinese Literary Translation. He is also a singer-songwriter with publications of original music on NetEase Music, Apple Music, and Spotify under the artist name 曾寅. (updated 2022)

Zhongxing Zeng

Zhongxing Zeng is a Ph.D. (Literature) student in the English Department at Arizona State University. His research interests include William Blake, English Romanticism, and English-Chinese Literary Translation. He is also a singer-songwriter with publications of original music on NetEase Music, Apple Music, and Spotify under the artist name 曾寅. (updated 2022)

Born and raised in Phoenix and a third generation Sun Devil, Acacia Wastchak is a third-year undergraduate student in Barrett, the Honors College at ASU studying International Trade with a minor in French. Travel and foreign languages are two of her biggest passions and what has led her to study abroad in Ecuador, Italy, and now France for the spring semester. Both her mother and grandmother are writers, so literature - and especially poetry - have always been a big part of Acacia's life and inspired her own love of writing and language.