Cora Thornton-Silver
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Cora Thornton-Silver

Cora Thornton-Silver
1200 California St #8C, San Francisco, CA 94109
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EDUCATION

BA Mills College, Psychology and Creative Writing, class of 2021
Drew School, high school diploma, June 2016.


UNIVERSITY CREDITED COURSES

�Journalism Workshop,� UC Berkeley, Spring 2017. Grade = A
�Creating Characters,� USC,�Summer 2015, Grade = B+
�Creative Writing Workshop,� USC,�Summer 2014. Grade = B


WORK EXPERIENCE

New Balance.
Sales Associate - greeting customers, measuring shoe sizes, recommending shoes, helping in stockroom, processing clothes

Pacific Union Real Estate.
Writer � prospecting letters and website text for real estate agent, Michael Harrington, 2017.

Fraenkel Gallery
Social media intern � responsible for adding relevant content to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, 2016.

Reading Partners
Volunteer tutor � for students in grades 2 and 3 at Sherman Elementary and the Tenderloin Community School, 2016.

Jessica Silverman Gallery
Receptionist � opened the door and welcomed guests, answered the phone and assisted staff, 2016.

Jane On Larkin
�Busboy� � delivered food, cleaned tables and assisted senior staff, 2015-16.




PUBLICATIONS

�Tunnel no. 10: When the Dust Clears��Sweet Wolverine: A Collection of the Brutal Truth.�Eds. Baraka Noel, C Anne Gardner and Sean Taylor, Seventh Tangent, San Francisco, 2015.
�A Trip to Nostalgia Land,� podcast, 826 Valencia website, August 2016.


LIVE & VIDEO PERFORMANCES
�When I think about the Future,� performed live at Veracocha Caf�, San Francisco, May 2015.
�Semiotics of the Kitchen (Homage to Martha Rosler),� Youtube, Feb 2014.
�Order & Disorder in the Kitchen (Painting with Cora Thornton-Silver),� Youtube, May 2014.


OTHER RELEVANT INFO

British & Canadian citizen
American Green card


HOBBIES

Physical fitness (spinning, weights, swimming, yoga), poetry workshops, stand-up comedy, museums, vinyl records, live music, dogs and other animals.