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Belo Cipriani

He/Him

  • Senior Community Faculty

Credentials

  • EDD, Organizational Leadership
    University of the Pacific
  • M.A., PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
    Holy Names University
  • M.A., English Language and Literature, General
    Notre Dame de Namur University

Recent and upcoming courses

Spring 2026

Summer 2026

Fall 2026

Biography

Belo Miguel Cipriani is an award-winning author, prize-winning journalist, and acclaimed editor and educator. His memoir, Blind, was called “riveting and suspenseful” by award-winning author, Amy Tan. Belo was also called an "important voice" in disability writing by former Senator Tony Coelho, the primary author and sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

He is the publisher at Oleb Books and Senior Community Faculty in the creative writing program at Metro State University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Learn more at belocipriani.com