Writer, curator and photographer, Debra Herrick is the founding editor of LUM Art Zine. She holds a PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara and has studied art and culture throughout the US, Latin America and Europe, including a research fellowship at la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. She has held teaching positions at UCSB, Santa Clara University, University of Miami and la Universidad Autónoma de Benito Juárez de Oaxaca. Her writing/photographs have appeared in Artillery Art Magazine, Réplica21, Carpinteria Magazine, Coastal View News, Sarasota Herald and La Nación, as well as several academic anthologies.