Jane Muschenetz

Winner of the 2024 California Press Women Communications Prize in Creative Verse, Jane Yevgenia Muschenetz arrived in the US as a child refugee from Soviet Ukraine. Jane has appeared on KPBS Midday Edition, Spoken Word Paris, Verse Daily and in numerous publications. Her cross-disciplinary work draws on her immigrant experience and MIT education to bridge cultural barriers and foster connection between often divided groups with humor, hope and accessible, lyrical language.