Executive Leadership Board
The Executive Leadership Board guides the direction and operations of the Incognito Press.
Executive Director & Instagram Director, Social Media Department
Stephanie Olvido
Stephanie Olvido (she/they) is the founder and Executive Director of the Incognito Press. She resides in Sacramento, California. Stephanie has a background in journalism and writing, leading her school's newspaper and recieving numerous state, national, and international awards for her writing.
Editor-in-Chief, Blog Department
Faye Allego Abbas
Faye Allego (she/her) is a Filipino-Iraqi journalist and poet born in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and raised in Marikina, Metro Manila. Taking inspiration from her late grandfather's works, her various works include Music History Deep-Dives on her Substack, Album Reviews for The Flying Lugaw, Photography featured on i-D Magazine, Poetry, and Essays on grief.
Blog Staff
The Blog Staff and Editor-in-Chief make up the Incognito Press' Blog Department. Blog Staff members are writers, editors, or both.
Regular Staff Writer & Editor
Udita Mukherjee (she/they)
Udita is an Indian author currently residing in London. In their free time, they will either be gushing over dogs, sobbing through an animated movie or reading anything that transports them away from reality. She uses writing as an escape and is a passionate advocate for DEI.
Regular Staff Editor
Greg (he/him)
G.R. Tomaini is a First-Generation LGBTQ Federal McNair Scholar, an Artist, Poet, Theologian, and Systematic Philosopher, as well as an author of ten books — three philosophical monographs as well as seven volumes of poetry — who graduated with a Master’s degree in Systematic Philosophical Theology from Union Theological Seminary in Manhattan; he earned a Bachelors in Philosophy from the formidable Rutgers — New Brunswick Philosophy department, during such time as he audited twenty-five graduate seminars, enrolled in six, and was, generally speaking, a protégé of Drucilla Cornell.
Regular Staff Writer
Aarani Diana (she/her)
Aarani Diana is a writer and poet from Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Erato, Orange Blush Zine, and Hot Pot Magazine, and is forthcoming in various publications. She is a staff writer for Love Letters and the Incognito Press. She also publishes her own blog, sparkoftheflames.com.
Regular Staff Writer
Faye Allego (she/her)
Faye Allego is a Filipino-Iraqi journalist and poet born in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and raised in Marikina, Metro Manila. Taking inspiration from her late grandfather's works, her various works include Music History Deep-Dives on her Substack, Album Reviews for The Flying Lugaw, Photography featured on i-D Magazine, Poetry, and Essays on grief.
Guest Staff Writer
Stephen Lee Naish (he/him)
Stephen Lee Naish is a writer, artist, and the author of six books of non-fiction, notably, Create or Die: Essays on the Artistry of Dennis Hopper (AUP), Riffs and Meaning (HeadPress), and Screen Captures: Film in the Age of Emergency (Newstar Books). His work has appeared in Aquarium Drunkard, Film International, Sublation Magazine, The Quietus, Empty Mirror, Dirty Movies, Albumism, and Merion West. He lives in Kingston, Ontario.
Regular Staff Writer
Finnialla (they/them)
Regular Staff Editor
Amber Spalding
Amber is a Poetry and Prose Editor for The Incognito Press. She currently resides in Suffolk, UK, and has just completed her MA in Creative and Critical Writing. As a keen storyteller, Amber enjoys all forms of writing, but gravitates towards experimental nature writing, familial narratives, and poetry.
Regular Staff Writer
Revika Sangamita
Revika Sangamita (she/they) is weaving her portrait of being a queer poet, storyteller and artist while residing amidst New Delhi, India. When not illustrating her characters on the corners of the textbooks, they are connecting meanings and feeding her curiosity of anything & everything. From writing diaries, she started embracing her mental health issues, healing, hope, grief and all kinds of love through poetry. Along with releasing her debut poetry chapbook 'Grief and Other Flowers' (Writer's Pocket, 2023), their work has been featured in Live Wire India, Bloom Magazine, Graveyard Zine, Outlander Zine, Evoke & Echo Literary Magazine, Querencia Press, The Global Youth Review and several anthologies. Find them @revikasangamita on Instagram and itsrevika@gmail.com on Gmail.
Regular Staff Writer & Editor
Willow (she/her)
Willow Kang Liew Bei ('willow' is the english translation of my Chinese name), is a staff writer and editor. She enjoys listening to music and reading. Currently, her favorite singer is Gracie Abrams. In school, her favorite (but not best) subjects are history and mathematics.
Guest Staff Editor
Samantha Ng (she/her)
Samantha is a Hong Kong student and the editor in chief at Aôthen Magazine. For the past 7 years, she have been writing poetry and exploring all sorts of literature, taking part in poetry competitions, creative writing contests, and literary magazines. In particular, she enjoys reading and writing hybrid poetry.