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= Essy Stone = Essy Stone is an American PhD scholar at the University of Southern California and a U of M alumna, where she received her MFA. Stone is the first homosexual woman and second woman ever elected as a director for Purissima Hills Water District. She also an emerging poet and writer of the book called What It Done To Us published by Lost Horse Press, a press who lays stress on the need to recognize the work of aspiring poets and writers so that they as well feel appreciated and gain public notoriety. East Tennessee is where Stone spent most of early life working as a waitress. She also remained a Stegner Fellow from 2014 to 2016 at Stanford University. Stone, who is also a member of California Democratic Party for ADEM, reveals in her recent candidate statement that she pledges to stand for the oppressed by overthrowing the corrupt power behind the throne.