PRESIDENT

Lance is an English major at OCC planning to transfer to a University of California campus in Fall 2026. Lance is the President of the Sigma Kappa Delta, the English Honor Society at OCC. His favorite book is Oryx and Crake and favorite movie is Good Will Hunting. He plans to go to graduate school and hopefully become a professor of literature one day. Outside of the classroom, he enjoys chilling in nature, listening to music, biking and spending time with loved ones. 

VICE PRESIDENT OF CAMPUS & ART DIRECTOR

Bryan Foster is an English and Studio Arts major at Orange Coast College who is planning to transfer to a UC school in Fall 2026. Bryan is the Vice President of Campus and Community Service for the SKD English Honors Society as well as being involved in Phi Theta Kappa and Lunch Poems. His true passion is any form of creative expression and his favorite medium of art is currently oil paint. He enjoys skateboarding, snowboarding, and surfing at every chance and his experiences inspire his work.

VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLICATIONS

Collin Schellinger-Heinrich is an English Major at OCC, planning to transfer in 2026. They are the vice president of publications for SKD, as well as being the vice president of OCC’s philosophy club and a member of the editorial team of the poetry chapbook “Lunch Poems”. They are also a playwright and multi-media visual artist, having done work with puppet-fabrication, stop motion animation, scenic design, and documentary filmmaking. As of recent, they have very much been enjoying lamps, and feels very fortunate whenever there is an ambient light around them. Their favorite poem is Emily Dickinson’s “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” and their favorite movie Witness.

SECRETARY

Born in California, Kaz Nomura is the secretary of Sigma Kappa Delta. Kaz possesses a lifelong love of the literary and an avid passion for all things spec-fi, regardless of their medium. They are also a lover of new things, and when not reading or writing may often be found feeding an obsession with food and listening to new artists. Before becoming an English major at OCC, Kaz spent a full year–regretfully–studying Civil Engineering and becoming increasingly tired of math. Now, they hope to transfer to a school like UCI in 2026 and continue studying English. Their current favorite books include Annihilation and The Dark Forest, their current favorite films are Nope and Everything Everywhere All At Once, and their current favorite show is Scavenger’s Reign.

TREASURER

Kate Stagman is an OCC psychology major and will be transferring to a university in Fall 2027. Previously an English major, she has continued her love of literature through her involvement in SKD. Her favorite book is Emma by Jane Austen, but she considers herself more of an Elizabeth Bennett. Her favorite movie is Rushmore.

HISTORIAN

Ken is a 22 year-old English major at OCC hoping to transfer to a UC or Private school. She is the historian for the SKD English Honors Society and a leading member of the Lunch Poems group on campus. She has a deep love for hand lettering and calligraphy, doodling every chance she gets. She also loves crocheting and takes every chance to improve upon her grasp at Spanish and English. Her favorite book is Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, their favorite poem is “[Un hombre pasa con un pan al hombro]” by César Vallejo, and her favorite movie is Pixar’s Coco.

EDITING TEAM

Andrea Guillen Salgado is an English major at Orange Coast College and hopes to transfer to UC Berkeley or UCLA in the Fall of 2027. She wants to go to Law School and become a lawyer focused on immigration law (if not, she would love to be an English professor at the community college or High School level). Andrea is a member of the SKD English Honors Society. She is passionate about reading and occasionally enjoys writing poetry and short stories. Her favorite book is The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, but she loves reading comic books, particularly DC and superhero ones (her absolute favorite character is Supergirl). She loves listening to podcasts about politics and frequently debating her family members for fun. She feels inspired by listening to new music, journaling, and watching video essays on anything and everything.

EDITING TEAM

Sophia Land is an English Major at OCC and is slated to transfer to a University of California campus in Fall of 2026. She hopes to pursue a law degree and work in intellectual property law or art and museum law. She enjoys being near the ocean, visiting local art collections, needlepointing, and reading whenever and wherever possible. She recently read Ina Garten’s memoir, and rekindled her love of cooking, gardening, and baking for those she cares about. Her favorite book is Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury and her favorite movies are Funny Face (1957) and Robin Hood (1973). Her favorite song of all time is “Something Stupid” by Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra.

CONTRIBUTER

Jonathan Heflin is an English major at Orange Coast College, with plans to transfer by 2027. He has a pronounced interest in classics and Ancient Greek literature in particular, as well as philology and palaeography across various historical periods. These interests merge with pursuing English at an undergraduate level in that he hopes to study Old and Middle English enough to work with medieval English literature untranslated in the coming years, with a particular emphasis on elegiac poetry and the works of Chaucer. His favorite book presently is Thucydides’s Peloponnesian War, extending to a broader fascination with the proto-Enlightenment carried out by the 5th century sophists, and his favorite poem is “The Ecstasy” by John Donne, a fascinating meditation on the ways in which love engages the religious ascension from the bodily to the spiritual. His favorite movie is currently Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers, a beautifully designed period piece which doubles as a profound study of death, intimacy and solace.