Carla Rachel Sameth

Carla Sameth was the 2022-2024 Co-Poet Laureate for Altadena and a 2023 Poet Laureate Fellow with the Academy of American Poets. Her books include the memoir, One Day on the Gold Line, the chapbook, What Is Left, and the poetry collection, Secondary Inspections. Her writing on blended/unblended, queer, multiracial and single parent families appears in a variety of publications and has been selected three times as Notable Essays of the Year in Best American Essays. A Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee. a Pasadena Rose Poet, a West Hollywood Pride Poet, and a former PEN Teaching Artist, she teaches creative writing to high school and college students, incarcerated youth and other diverse communities.