Claudia Zuluaga (MFA - Sarah Lawrence College) has been a faculty member at John Jay College since 2003. Claudia teaches composition and creative writing courses and is the Chief Reader of the CUNY Assessment Test in Writing (CATW). When she is not teaching, she is writing fiction, and her short stories have been published in several journals. She is the author of Fort Starlight, a novel, published in 2013 by Engine Books. Claudia endeavors to help students develop the skills and confidence necessary to succeed in college and beyond.