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Jade Ethan, a born Marylander turned transplanteno, is a trans-genre non-disciplinary artist and educator based in Los Angeles, California, the Americas, Earth. With a pedagogical background rooted in the theory of Eduard Lindemann, a career forged in the public school system, and an artistic practice honed in the California Institute of the Arts Critical Studies department, Jade is a skilled writer, producer, and facilitator of group work, whether it’s in a high school English classroom or an interdisciplinary creator’s room in Hollywood.

Meet Jade.

After graduating from the University of Maryland with an English degree in Spring 2020, Jade shifted gears from their grand aspirations of breaking into the publishing industry and found work as a high school English teacher. For four years, Jade taught in the Howard County Public School System while writing their first novel. That novel, dubbed “Project Amethyst”, is yet unpublished, but got Jade into the California Institute of the Arts MFA program for Creative Writing.

In their first semester at CalArts (fall ‘25), Jade handwrote an intergenre collection of stories called “Container” that was acquired by fifth wheel press for publication in July 2027. In Los Angeles, Jade works as a private English tutor, runs a college essay course called Ascent, organizes the Left Blank performance series featuring contemporary Los Angeles artists and facilitates creative workshops that are free and open to the public.

Their story.

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  • "Jade has been a pleasure to collaborate with on the Left Blank MFA reading series this year. They curated two creative writing showcases with multiple graduate student and faculty performers, and capably led all aspects of the project, including vision, venue booking and logistics, catering, marketing, and budgeting. They were highly reliable, responsive, and detail-oriented in all of their communications with our office staff. I look forward to working with Jade again next year, and highly recommend them to any creative team!"

    —Rosa E. Beltrán, CalArts School of Critical Studies

  • "Working with Jade adds tremendous value. Jade gives me my most precious commodity, time, by ensuring that key deliverables are managed with flexibility, reliability, and quality."

    — Carrie Rich, CEO, The Global Good Fun

  • "With Jade, I wrote an essay that got me into John's Hopkins University. My dream school!"

    —E.C., former student

  • "Your room was a safe space for me and others in the LGBTQIA+ community."

    —A.L., Former Student

  • "I never really liked talking about my feelings, so I wrote them down. Thank you for reading my poem and caring enough to have a talk with me. Your words really helped me get through the school year."

    E.L., former student

  • "Jade's writing projects are fun and interesting because they're things we've never done before. They've allowed me to explore my writing and creativity in a way that's hard to do with just essays. I now know more about literature and art and my writing has become stronger. Overall, Jade's class reignited my passion for writing."

    -A.S., former student