Literary Arts
Hazel Valdez is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in leadership, marketing, and consulting across various industries. Currently serving as the Executive Director of PDX Women in Tech since December 2022, Hazel previously held the role of Associate Director at Oregon Bioscience Incubator and OTRADI and was Operations Manager at PDXWIT. With a strong background in culinary management as a consultant for Feisty Palate Culinary Management & Consulting, LLC, and experience as Sous Chef at Feed the Mass, Hazel blends culinary expertise with strategic marketing skills gained as a Marketing Contractor for Oregon Bioscience Association and Customer Success Manager at Zapproved. Additionally, Hazel's educational credentials include degrees from Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts and the University of California, Irvine, along with several certifications in project management and biotech.
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Literary Arts
Founded in 1984, Literary Arts is a community-based nonprofit literary organization located in Portland, Oregon, dedicated to serving readers and writers. Our programs include Portland Arts & Lectures, one of the country's largest lecture series; Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships, which celebrates Oregon's writers and independent publishers; our Youth Programs, which inspires students to write, revise, edit, publish, and perform their own creative writing; and Portland Book Festival, which builds community around literature through author events, workshops, a book fair, and more. We also host guided discussion groups around great works of literature through a program called Delve. Our mission is to engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation of readers with great literature.