Online Resume and Curriculum Vitae

Via Justine De Fant

Publicist | Project Manager | Freelance Writer

Experience

University of Guam Press – Publicist and Project Manager

07/2021 – Current

Develops data driven marketing strategies to plan and coordinate book launches, marketing campaigns, and literacy and community-focused projects that promote UOG Press publications.
Manages and maintains relationships with members of the media, such as journalists, reporters, and editors to secure media coverage for UOG Press authors, artists, projects, and publications.
Coordinates and collaborates with local, regional, and national partners and vendors to distribute and promote UOG Press publications and to expand the accessibility of local literature on a global scale.
Manages a marketing and creative visual team to ensure consistent quality and messaging across UOG Press’s publications and promotional websites, social media handles, newsletters, and other materials.
Manages and Writes grant proposals and reports; and develops detailed budgets and timelines that help to sustain UOG Press’s operations, projects, and publications.

Guam Legislature – Research Analyst

02/2021 – 07/2021

Analyzed and synthesized research results to present findings to a senatorial team.
Recommended amendments or legislation based on research findings and community needs.
Examined geographical, financial, and statistical data using traditional and modern approaches.
Prepared thorough, accurate and well-edited documents for cases, client communication and internal needs.

Department of English and Applied Linguistics – Teaching Assistant / Writing Center Tutor

12/2016 – 12/2020

Peer-reviewed undergraduate and graduate students’ papers.
Organized and conducted writing workshops for essay organization, thesis statement formation, and formatting.
Compiled reports of student data using Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel.
Managed and created content for the Writing Center’s website and Instagram page (@uogwritingcenter)

Guma’ Mami, Inc. A Non-Profit Organization – Poetry Instructor

11/2018 – 05/2019

Created curriculum for a 5 week poetry workshop for adults with disabilities.
Reviewed and edited poetry and photography submissions in preparation for a gallery exhibit at the Guam Museum

Conferences and Panels

2025: Presenter. Association of University Presses. “Small Press, Major Impact: Developing Meaningful and Efficient Strategies for Small Press Success.” Accepted for presentation at AUPresses Annual Meeting.
2024: Panelist. I Pinangon Annual Suicide Prevention Forum: Empathy and Compassion for Suicide Prevention.
2024: Panelist. Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center GoPEACE Conference. “Transformative prevention: adapting strategies in a shifting cultural landscape.”
2023. Association of University Presses.
- “The Value of Community Based Publishing.”
2022. GDOE School Librarians’ Conference.
- “The University of Guam Press: Xpanding the Xperience and Paving Pathways for Partnership”
2020. Sigma Tau Delta International Convention (deferred due to COVID-19)
- “Demonizing the Hegemonic Culture of 18th Century Colombia”
2020. Annual Research Conference
- “Demonizing the Hegemonic Culture of 18th Century Colombia”
2019. Annual Language Arts Conference
- Ethical Concerns & Critical Thinking Issues From the Perspective of the D.E.A.L. Writing Center
2019. Guma’ Mami Conference
- Do You See Me Now: Exploring Stigma Through the Eyes of Persons with Disabilities conference
2018. Sigma Tau Delta International Convention
- “The Secrets to Success: Told by an Unsuccessful 20 Year Old”
2018. Annual Language Arts Conference
- Navigating Your Way Through College Writing: A Tutor’s Perspective

EduCation

Master of Arts: English Literature
University of Guam, Fall 2020
Graduate Student Award Nominee

Bachelor of Arts: English Literature
Writing Minor
University of Guam, Spring 2018
Magna Cum Laude

Freelance Work

Project Management and Grant Writing
2025: Mellon Foundation Public Knowledge Grant Manager: Navigating Best Approaches and Practices for a Digital Publishing Program in Micronesia
2025: Production Manager: Just One Kind Word: A Suicide Prevention Documentary; (Premier: May 2025)
2024: Northern Marianas Humanities Council Community Grant Manager: Laguas Yan Gåni Writers Project
2022: Poetry Foundation Equity in Verse Grant Manager: Famalao’an Poets Project
2021 – 2024: SAMHSA Subgrants administered by Guam Behavior Health and Wellness Center’s Focus on Life Program:
° Your Art Matters Art Contest
° September Suicide Prevention Activities
° Remembering Billie Suicide Prevention Project
2022: Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency Grant Manager: Pictures that Tell A Story Exhibit and Workshop Series

All grant listed were written in partnership with UOG Press.

Editor:
BWTC Podcast Plays

Writer:
Guam Telephone Authority Knowledge Base (completed – 2024)
Just One Kind Word: A Suicide Prevention Documentary (2025 – in progress)
BWTC Podcast Plays Script (2025 – in progress)

Workshop Facilitator:
Guma Mami’ Poetry Instructor
YEG Eco-Poetry Instructor

CERTIFICATION & SKILLS

CSS and HTML
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Python
in-progress

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Publications

2025: Pacific Asia Inquiry. “Mapping the Monstrous: An Exploration of the Aswang’s Evolution Across Digital and Diasporic Borders.” In Review for Issue XVI.
2023: Portland Review. “A Daughter of Diaspora Comes Home.”
2023: Plumwood Mountain Journal, Vol. 10 No. 1. “Inang-Bayan.”
2023: Pacific Daily News. “Book Review: The Beginning of Leaving by Elsa Valmidiano.”
2022: Dead Peasant, Issue 3. “Termite Fodder,” and “For the Sleepless.”
2022: Pacific Daily News. “UOG Press Review: Children of the Stars: Indigenous Science Education in a Reservation Classroom.”
2019: Micronesian Educator, Vol. 27. “Hval, Jenny. Paradise Rot: A Novel. Translated by Marjam Idriss, Verso, 2018. E-book. Reviewed by Via Justine De Fant, University of Guam.”