Debra Herrick, Editor-in-Chief

Writer and photographer Debra Herrick is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Lum Art Magazine. She holds a PhD in Latin American Literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara and has studied art and culture throughout the US, Latin America and Europe. She has held teaching positions at UCSB, Santa Clara University, University of Miami and la Universidad Autónoma de Benito Juárez de Oaxaca and was guest curator at Santa Barbara Center for Arts Science and Technology. She is associate editorial director at UC Santa Barbara’s Office of Public Affairs & Communications, contributing to the university’s publications The Current and UC Santa Barbara magazine. She is the past managing editor of Coastal View News and former senior editorial manager of the Journal of Mexican Studies, published by University of California Press. Her writing/photographs have also appeared in Artillery Art Magazine, The Santa Barbara Independent, Noozhawk, Réplica21 and La Nación, as well as several academic anthologies. She is also the co-founder of California Culture Press and was recently featured in ShoutoutLA Magazine.