Writing Samples
Featured in Publications
L.A. Taco (Digital)
“QUEER LATIN DANCE CLASSES HIDDEN IN A HIGHLAND PARK GARAGE ARE SHAKING UP GENDER ROLES”
Ms. Magazine’s Blog (Digital)
“Aurora Cáceres: Fighting For Women’s Sexual and Intellectual Liberation”
Music
Lido Pimienta Interview
Sample of Lido Pimienta interview from my “It’s not as simple as just leaving” domestic violence zine.
Mental Health
Long Form, Interviews, Reviews and How-To
Music
Interviews
Mental Health
Events I Created
Self-Published Guide
The Strange is Beautiful: Alternative Self-Help Guide
View sample images from the guide sold at multiple LA, SF and SFV zine festivals. I wrote the articles and created the graphics in Adobe Photoshop in collaboration with a few very talented artist friends.
Links
TSIB Instagram
Blog
Cusi Coyllur
Raw Honey PR
Certifications & Degrees
2018: Mental Health First Aid
2012 – 2016: 500 Hours of Yoga Teacher Training from YogaWorks
2017: Trauma Informed Yoga
2017: Bachelor’s in Journalism with Emphasis in Public Relations from California State University, Northridge
Short Bio
Shannen Roberts (she/her) is a queer, Peruvian-American journalist, musician called Cusi Coyllur, and trauma-informed yoga instructor in Los Angeles.
Formal training includes her bachelor’s degree in journalism from California State University, Northridge and multiple internships.
Since 2014, she’s written hundreds of articles on mental health and music on her blog The Strange is Beautiful. In September, she exhibited photo interviews called “You Can Be Broke and Self-Care” at Nous Tous Community Gallery.
Additionally, she’s published in L.A. Taco, Ms. Magazine and Music Connection and sold her own zines at LA, San Francisco, and San Fernando Valley zine festivals.
Besides writing, she’s organized music shows and festivals, taught yoga at eating disorder clinics, and completed successful publicity campaigns for artivists under the name Raw Honey PR.