Elizabeth Swensen is a game designer, writer, and research associate at the Game Innovation Lab in the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Her previous work has been showcased at the Independent Games Festival, IndieCade Festival, and the Games For Change Festival. She is Director of Production at FutureBound, Inc., working on a suite of multi-platform interventions designed to increase college access in underserved communities. She received her M.F.A in Interactive Media from the University of Southern California and her B.A. in Classics from Willamette University. She is very interested in shaping narrative for interactive experiences, playing with glue guns, trying to remember how to translate Latin poetry, and writing in third person.