MARIA FERNANDA VIDAURRAZAGA l Writer and Editor
Experience
Maria Fernanda Vidaurrazaga's professional experience spans several industries. Though her focus has been in digital media and print, she has written and edited copy for legal services, the medical field, construction, auto, and festivals.
She has also published several interviews, reviews, essays, and audio dramas.
PUBLICATIONS COORDINATOR
INLANDIA INSTITUTE
Facilitate the production and marketing of publications by editing books, working with authors, and managing publicity.
EDITOR
GUERO-GUERO
Edited this book-length manuscript for developmental and sensitivity edits.
EDITOR
LOS PRIMOS
Edited this book-length manuscript for developmental and sensitivity edits.
TRANSLATOR
WARNER MUSIC GROUP
Translated script synopsis and treatments from Spanish to English.
WRITER AND DIRECTOR
RADIO: OUTCAST
Writer, director, and co-creator of this fantasy-western audio drama.
WRITER
FLORIDA FRAN
One of the writers of this comedy audio drama based in a high school.
EDITOR
SANTA ANA RIVER REVIEW
Read and selected fiction submissions for SARR Fall/Winter Issue and Spring Issue.
​COPY WRITER
VCA STAGING
Wrote and edited copy for company’s website as well as other marketing material.
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
GIRL UNDERGROUND MUSIC
Created album reviews, artist features, and concert coverage. Conducted and transcribed interviews.
MUSIC PROGRAMMER
SOUTH BAY FILM AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
Worked closely with the festival director to curate musicians for four musical showcases.
TEACHING ASSISTANT
UC RIVERSIDE
Taught an introductory fiction workshop to college students. Reinforced professors’ lectures in small groups by reviewing or, more often, diving deeper into that week’s materials for the Intro to Creative Writing and Intro to Acting classes.
SCRIBE
COVINA CHIROPRACTIC
Took notes of staff’s day-to-day procedures, and remotely converted notes into an instructive manual for future employees.
AWARDS
A few notable awards and achievements Maria Fernanda Vidaurrazaga have received.
SEMI-FINALIST
(2019)
GRAD SLAM
Made it to the semi-final round of a UC-wide public speaking competition and professional development opportunity in which graduate students describe their research or creative project in three minutes, with a maximum of three PowerPoint slides, to a non-specialist audience.
RESEARCH
GRANT
(2018)
CENTER FOR IDEAS AND SOCIETY: HUMANITIES GSR GRANT
Won a travel research grant to work on my novel.
FELLOW
(2019 & 2018)
ALONG THE CHAPARRAL: REMEMBERING THE ENSHRINED
As part of a UCR team I taught high school students how to research, write, and revise in weekly sessions to create publishable stories.
FELLOWSHIP (2019)
CREATIVE WRITING AND WRITING FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS' DISSERTATION YEAR PROGRAM
One of two members of my cohort to receive the departmental third-year fellowship award to continue work on my thesis at UCR.
EDUCATION
SEPTEMBER, 2020
MFA, CREATIVE WRITING AND WRITING FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
University of California, Riverside
MARCH, 2015
BFA, CREATIVE WRITING / MEDIA & CULTURAL STUDIES
University of California, Riverside