Jenyth Gearhart-Utchen is our San Ramon Poet Laureate, a published book author and playwright, public speaker, and a tenured adjunct writing studies professor at St. Mary’s College!

Jenyth will share her experience as the first Stanford University female athletic scholarship recipient. As a Stanford student, Jenyth pursued a dream to play on the Womens’ Olympic Volleyball team while working toward a medical degree.

Now fondly called “Professor G,” she will share her experience as a Stanford athlete and how Title IX impacted her as a young woman.

With this firsthand experience, Jenyth will talk about what Title IX was originally intended to do and what it does now. She will go into the changes we are seeing with the current administration and what we should do to protect our rights and those of future generations.

Professor G is a multi-genre author. She has advanced creative writing degrees in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. During her 30-year teaching career, she has focused on teaching advanced composition to high school seniors and first-year college students. The evening should prove to be a spirited presentation of Title IX, a program that has served us for 53 years.