Fiction Instructor, Writopia DC

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Marina Koestler Ruben joined Writopia DC this fall. She is the 2004 winner of the New Jersey All Ages Playwrights Festival. Her one-act plays have been produced in Maryland and New Jersey. For two years, she served as a judge for CENTERSTAGE's Young Playwrights Festival. Marina earned her M.A. in Writing and the award of "Outstanding Graduate" from the Johns Hopkins University. Among the publications that have featured her articles are the Washington City Paper, Education Week, Smithsonian magazine, and CNN.com. Her articles are available online at www.marinaruben.com.

Marina also works as the Upper School Writing Tutor at Sidwell Friends School, and previously taught 10th-grade English and History at the Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy. She has worked as a mentor for the International Rescue Committee and American Red Cross and as a tutor in Baltimore, Potomac, and in Washington, D.C.