Rafaela Bassili
Instructor
Rafaela Bassili is so thrilled to join Writopia Lab as a part-time Creative Writing instructor. Rafaela is a writer and translator from São Paulo, Brazil, who writes about movies and culture. Her work has been featured in Gawker, Notebook MUBI, Paste Magazine, and elsewhere. She has an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Columbia University, where she was a Teaching Fellow. Before that, she got a Bachelor's Degree in Screenwriting at Chapman University in Southern California. Rafaela loves movies, books, and workshops—she is so excited to be a part of the Writopia community!
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