Njengoba isikole sikhuphukela ekwindla, kungaba usizo ukwengeza izinhlelo ezimbalwa zezifundo kukhithi yakho yamathuluzi.  Hlanganyela nathi eMhlanganweni Wesidlo sasemini we-CalPoets wesi-2.  Ngomhla ziyi-14 kuMandulo sizozwa ngabaFundisi Bezimbongi abathathu abazonikeza amazwibela amafushane (amaminithi angu-20) ezifundo zezinkondlo ezisebenza kahle nentsha ye-K-12. 

Ngokuqondile, sizozwa ngamalungu e-CalPoets' Network:  U-Brennan DeFrisco (Umxhumanisi Wendawo, i-Contra Costa), u-Tama Brisbane (Umxhumanisi Wendawo, u-San Joaquin) kanye no-Terri Glass (Umxhumanisi Wendawo, i-Marin).

UBrennan DeFrisco uyimbongi, uthisha, umhleli nesiphuzo sekhofi endaweni yaseSan Francisco Bay. Uke waba owamanqamu we-National Poetry Slam, oqokelwe Umklomelo we-Pushcart, I-Grand Slam Champion yango-2017 ye-Oakland Poetry Slam, kanye nomxhumanisi wendawo yaseCal Poets we-Contra Costa County. Ungumbhali wencwadi ethi Inhliziyo Engenazo Izibazi (Nomadic Press) futhi usebenze njengomhleli wezinkondlo kuma-mastheads wethikithi lesidlo sasemini kanye ne- Meow Meow Pow Pow . UBrennan usiza izinkundla zokucobelelana ngolwazi zokubhala nokusebenza njengeciko lokufundisa ezikoleni, ezikhungweni zezingane, nezinhlelo ezahlukene zemfundo yobuciko. Umsebenzi wakhe ushicilelwe ku- Words Dance , I- Red Wheelbarrow, Drunk in a Midnight Choir , Collective Unrest , nakwezinye izindawo. Une-MFA in Creative Writing ayithola e-Antioch University Los Angeles.

U-Tama L. Brisbane  yiDolobha laseStockton's Poet Laureate. Manje esebenza ihlandla lakhe lesine elingokomlando, usethule izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-200, okuhlanganisa nokugcotshwa kukaMichael Tubbs, iMeya yokuqala emnyama yedolobha. Iphrojekthi yakhe yokuqala ye-Poet Laureate kwakuwukusiza ukwakha i-Stockton's 2015 ebuyela esimweni se-All-American City ngesiqephu seqembu esikhulunywayo esiyimizuzu eyi-10 esihlanganisa amazwi ayishumi nambili kuma-National Finals eDenver. Ngemva kokuvela kwakhe ngo-2017 njengembongi Eyisivakashi eMartin Luther King, Jr. Centre nase-Ebenezer Baptist Church e-Atlanta, uMartin Luther King III wathi kuye, "Amazwi akho anendaba."  UnguMqondisi Omkhulu we- With Our Words,  umqeqeshi wentsha yezinkondlo wezikhathi eziyi-12, kanye noMxhumanisi Wesifunda Wezimbongi zaseCalifornia Ezikoleni, okungenye yezinhlelo ezinkulu kakhulu zokuhlala ezibhala esizweni. 

“UMama T” ubuye abe: Owine Indondo kaSusan B. Anthony Wezobuciko Zokudala, iNyuvesi yasePacific Woman of Distinction, Owesifazane Omnyama Ohlelelwe Isenzo Sezombangazwe Uhlonishwa, Owine Umklomelo Wekhomishana Yezobuciko I-Stockton, Inxusa laseCalifornia Vision 2020, kanye nelungu le-charter ye-Brave New Voices National Network. Usebenza emabhodini eTuleburg Press, Flourishing Families Inc., Central Valley Neighborhood Harvest kanye neStocktonia News Group. Umsebenzi wakhe wokuzikhandla egameni lamazwi aseStockton kanye naseCentral Valley, ikakhulukazi amazwi asemasha anemibala, uqashelwe yizindlu zombili zesiShayamthetho saseCalifornia kanye nezindlu zombili zeNkongolo yase-United States. 

UTerri Glass ungumbhali wezinkondlo, indatshana kanye ne-haiku. Ufundise kabanzi endaweni yaseBay for California Poet in the Schools iminyaka engama-30 futhi wasebenza njengeyabo  Umqondisi Wohlelo kusukela ngo-2008-2011. Ungumbhali wencwadi yezinkondlo zemvelo, Ingoma KaYebo, incwadi ye-haiku , Izinyoni, Izinyosi, Izihlahla, Uthando, u-Hee Hee ovela ku-Finishing Line Press, i-e-book, Ihhashi Lasendle lase-Haiku: Beauty in a Ukushintsha Ifomu , etholakala ku-Amazon, kanye nencwadi yezinkondlo, Ukuba Isilwane esivela ku-Kelsay Books.  Umsebenzi wakhe uvele ku-Young Raven's Literary Review, Fourth River, About Place, California Quarterly kanye nama-anthologies amaningi ahlanganisa  Umlilo Nemvula; I-Ecopoetry yaseCalifornia,  futhi  Izibusiso Zomhlaba .  Yena  futhi inomhlahlandlela wesifundo esibizwa ngokuthi  Ulimi Lwenhliziyo Evukile  iyatholakala kuwebhusayithi yakhe, www.terriglass.com .  Uyaqhubeka nokwengamela uhlelo lwe-Marin lwe-CALPOETS futhi ufundisa e-Marin  kanye nezifunda zaseDel Norte.