Aleah Gatto is the membership engagement manager at PEN America where she leads outreach and engagement projects that aim to diversify and strengthen the organization’s membership community.
A Phi Beta Kappa scholar, Gatto graduated from The University of Vermont in 2019, earning a double degree in Italian and English with a concentration in Writing. In 2020, Gatto served as an AmeriCorps member at the Community Technology Empowerment Project in Minnesota, where she worked to bridge the digital divide by teaching digital literacy workshops, co-organizing a disability arts festival, and contributing to a community needs assessment report that tracked how the Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated inequity in digital literacy and access to digital resources across the state.
From introspective editorials, to research reports, to interviews of renowned and debut authors, Gatto aims to elevate traditionally underrepresented voices and investigate the intersections of humanity, nature, and time. Her works of poetry and prose have been published in Aerie International Magazine, Apprentice Writer, Jet Fuel Review, and Orange Island Arts. Her editorials and interviews have been published in il messaggio, The Cynic, and Full Stop.