David Rutiezer holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the Rainier Writing Workshop and a TESL certificate from Concordia University. The grandchild of Jewish immigrants, he was raised in Illinois and Massachusetts, and lives in Portland, Oregon. David’s poems have been published in Drash, Harpur Palate, Jewish Currents and the North Coast Squid. You can read more about David at his website, www.creativedavid.com.
He began teaching for Saturday Academy in 2018, and teaches Writing Short Stories and Create an Illustrated Storybook.