Kathleen HerrmannVallejo, CA Poet Laureate (January 1, 2024-December 31, 2025). Vallejo, CA Poet Laureate (January 1, 2024-December 31, 2025). Kathleen Herrmann, an educator, holds a Bachelor of Arts with honors in English Literature from the University of Californiaat Berkeley and a Master of Arts in Teaching Leadership from St. Mary's College of California. She is a teaching artist in the Vallejo City Unified School District under VTA (Vallejo Teaching Artists). Her original work appears in 14 anthologies, including I Can't Breathe and Coming Out Of Isolation (Kistrech International Poetry Festival, Kenya, 2021, 2022), Friendship and Loss (Pure Slush, Australia, 2021, 2024), Work & the Anthropocene (Ice Floe Press, Canada, 2022), Poetic Edge Publishers (UK, 2024), B Cubed Press, Moonstone Press, Napa Valley Writers, and Benicia Literary Arts. She has also been published in the Going The Distance column in the Benicia Herald. Read More Read Less