Daryll Lynne Evans (she/her), Executive Director, began her writing career as a playwright with the Performing Arts Conservatory in Colorado, where she also taught theatre and play writing to youth, but has since turned to fiction and screenwriting.
She has an MFA in fiction from Purdue University, where she taught creative writing and worked with Sycamore Review. She has taught writing workshops as part of the Loose Leaf Writing Series in Indiana, and for the Mid-Valley chapter of Willamette Writers in Eugene, and had been a presenter at Wordcrafters, Willamette Writers, and South Coast Writers conferences. She teaches writing workshops for adults and teens.
Jeaux Bartlett (they/them or xe/xem), Associate Director, started their writing career as a journalist at the turn of the millennium in a one-traffic-light Western North Carolina town. They’ve since honed their award-winning writing skills as a public relations specialist, blogger, marketing communications maven, editor, fundraising communicator, and author.
Jeaux has published several books and online courses focused on personal growth and their work has appeared in Graffiti, The Register Guard, Lane Monthly, and Rochester insider among other publications. Jeaux enjoys writing about overcoming loss, adversity, and learning to trust yourself again.
They graduated from State University of New York with a B.S. in Cultural Studies as a non-traditional student, and are currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University. Originally from England, and by way of Barbados, Jeaux meandered around the U.S. for almost two decades before landing in Eugene in 2009.
Jorah LaFleur (she/her), WITS Teaching Artist and Graphic Designer, is a writer/performer who enjoys wearing many different hats. She finds herself on stage as a spoken word poet, event emcee, and actor. For more than a decade (2006 to 2019), she ran the Eugene Poetry Slam. Jorah believes that spoken word poetry can be an inestimably powerful tool for young people as they explore their evolving identities and linguistic skills.
Jorah obtained her B.A. from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, where she worked for several years with the nonprofit Gateways For Incarcerated Youth. She also worked as a paraeducator at Avanti Alternative High School in Olympia, before returning to Oregon in 2006. Jorah has served as the WITS lead teaching artist for Wordcrafters in Eugene since 2017.
Audrey Quinn (they/them), Marketing Wordsmith, is a renegade scientist turned marketing assistant and content coordinator for Wordcrafters.
Audrey joined our team in 2022 while they were studying Physics and Mathematics at University of Oregon. After obtaining their B.S. in Physics (and minor in Mathematics), they decided to continue at Wordcrafters because they enjoyed writing press releases, blog posts, and event write-ups so much…and because they were disappointed they never figured out how to build a lightsaber.
In addition to writing, Audrey enjoys crocheting, drawing, taking care of their pet cats and fish, being outdoors, learning about mathematics, and helping others learn about math and science.