Lovella Calica is a writer, photographer and multi-media artist. She is the founder and director of Warrior Writers, a creative community for veterans articulating their experiences. She has edited four anthologies of veterans’ writing/artwork entitled: Move, Shoot and Communicate, Re-Making Sense, After Action Review and Warrior Writers. Lovella has received three Art and Change grants from the Leeway Foundation and was honored with the Transformation Award in 2009. She self-published her first chapbook of poetry Makibaka: Beautifully Brave and Huwag Matakot: Do Not be Afraid. She is currently at work on her memoir, in poetry and prose. Lovella is a co-founder of the Pilipino-American artist collective, Tatlo Mestiz@s. Lovella has worked closely with veterans for over a decade, primarily post 9/11 veterans. Lovella is also a TRE (Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises) practitioner.