Ellena Basada is a writer based in PDX and Berlin. She has an MA in Critical Studies from Pacific Northwest College of Art and a BA in English and Philosophy from Pomona College. Her work is scattered and discursive through genres, but some of it can be found in VICE, LA Review of Books, Artslandia, Paintbucket Page, and forthcoming at Heavy Traffic Lit Mag. She's been researching theory and experimental writing forms in Berlin as a Fulbright Scholar. Ellena uses Twitter @ellenabasada.