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Alan King is an accomplished Public Affairs Specialist at DC Child and Family Services Agency since November 2021, and serves as a Senior Editor of Creative Writing at Words Beats & Life since October 2013. Additionally, Alan is a Visiting Writer for the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, contributing to the Writers-in-Schools program, and is the author of two published works, POINT BLANK and DRIFT. Alan has extensive experience in communications, previously working as a Communications Specialist at Generations United, where contributions included writing Op-Eds and producing a weekly newsletter. Prior roles include Creative Writing Instructor at Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Senior Program Director at DC Creative Writing Workshop, and Staff Writer at Afro-American Newspaper. Alan's educational background includes a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine and a Bachelor of Arts in Print Journalism from Howard University.