Ergisa Xhuveli

Coordinator, Foundations Relations

Ergisa Xhuveli is the foundations relations assistant at PEN America. She grew up in Queens, NY and earned her BA in English and sociology from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Xhuveli discovered her passion for nonprofit development while working as a grant writing assistant for HeARTs Speak, a nonprofit organization bringing together artists and advocates to create powerful marketing campaigns for animal welfare organizations across the country. She is a poet, essayist, and huge fan of all writing bravely subverting genre.