Veronica Tien is the senior communications manager for PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center. Before joining PEN, Veronica worked as a legal assistant at a criminal defense law firm in the San Francisco Bay area. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2018 with a double major in American studies and economics, where she researched topics involving culture, policy, and social inequity. While at UT-Austin, she also worked with Project Vote Smart and Planned Parenthood.
Veronica Tien
Senior Communications Manager, PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center
Articles by Veronica Tien
Freed Ukrainian Journalist’s Message: Your Solidarity Could Save Lives
Yesypenko now advocates for the release of other journalists still behind bars and urges people to speak up for them.
Dancing Through Rubble: New Film Shows the Drive to Create Amid War
“I really believe that stories are fundamental tools to navigate a world that doesn’t make any sense.”
Poetry in Chains: Writers Gather in Solidarity With Detained Poet Galal El-Behairy
If you have something different inside of you, don’t lose it, don’t suppress it. Feed it by reading poetry, by participating in such campaigns and solidarity.
