Charlotte Soliven

Created my own lesson plans to teach underprivileged youth how to read and write through the lens of creative writing.

Opened for events hosted by Seattle Arts and Lectures. This included reading my poems for book tours of beloved authors like Rick Riordan and Connie Chung. Throughout my time in the Seattle Youth Poetry Cohort I attended bi-monthly meeting and preformed at various literature events.

Represented the Seattle City Of Literature for the UNESCO international youth day. I served on a panel with 15 other writers from literature cities across the globe to bring attention to how we can improve our existing writing communities. My talking points centered around making literary education more assessable and were highlighted in two newsletters published by Nottingham City Of Literature and Seattle City of Literature.

Wrote an article about as apart of the Northwest Asian Weekly "My Voice" series, which highlights individuals that have made notable contributions to the Asian American community. I described my writing process and shared my original poem "Three Words, Three Times a Day."

I am currently a Manager in the student store at my high school. My duties include training younger students and managing teams that operate the store during lunches.

Raised 3,000 dollars for The Bureau of Fearless Ideas during the 2024-2025 school year. I accomplished this my assembling a team of my friends and organizing fundraising events by collaborating with our school and literary organizations across Seattle. These events consisted of tabling at book fairs, poetry open mics, and hosting school supplies drives. All proceeds were generated with a budget of less than $250 dollars that came from our own pockets.