
Angela Becerra Vidergar, PhD
Writer. Teacher. Scholar. Creator.
Nice to meet you!
I am a writer, maker, educator, scholar, and media producer. I thrive in creative collaboration environments and love guiding my students and clients to follow their curiosity and put new ideas into the world.
I am currently Director for Curriculum Design of Stanford Solutions Academy and Director of Communications for Stanford Solutions, both in the Stanford University School of Medicine. I am also the founder and CEO of Cuentista Studio, bringing 20+ years experience in writing and speaking teaching and tutoring, podcast and video production, journalistic writing, corporate communications, and team management.
In my personal life I love reading, storytelling, space, LEGO, tabletop and video gaming, making art, engineering and other DIY projects with my family, and volunteering in my community.
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Writing Portfolio

“Making a sentence sing is a way of making others more likely to listen and ourselves more likely to be understood. A good sentence gives order to our thoughts and takes us out of our solitudes. It is a cure, however fleeting, for human loneliness and for the chronic gulf of incomprehension that divides writer and reader, just as it divides any two of us.”
Joe Moran
First You Write a Sentence
Podcasts


A children's podcast I host with my son that follows whatever paths we are curious about! It's a fun way to introduce youngsters to basic principles of research.

Research & Education
I am a literary and cultural scholar fascinated with the ways we react to and affect the world around us. I am especially interested in disaster and post-apocalyptic stories; the interactions between science, technology, and culture; multimedia storytelling; methods of narrativizing research; the rhetorical and cultural implications of space exploration; graphic narratives; and popular culture.

Teaching
Director for Curriculum Design, Stanford Solutions Academy
Pre-Collegiate Program focused on Social Impact and Service
2023-Current
Stanford Solutions
Stanford University School of Medicine
Lecturer, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
2015-2023
Stanford University
Makers, Crafters, Hackers: The Rhetoric of DIY
PWR 2
Beyond! The Rhetoric of Space Exploration
PWR 1
Podcasts to Broadcasts: The Rhetoric of Radio
PWR 1
Contact
becerra at stanford dot edu