Cira Davis, ’23

Cira Davis is a junior majoring in Communications and minoring in Professional Writing at UCLA.

Cira is an accomplished writer already and her science fiction short story “The Impermanent Scar” was nominated as an Honorable Mention in the May 2017 Pasadena LitFest Tomorrow Prize competition, and was later published in the literary journal Exposition Review (Orbit Issue) in April 2018. In Fall 2019, her short creative nonfiction piece “An Unexpected Pulse” was published in the “WriteGirl: This Moment” anthology. Aside from writing, Cira’s passions include graphic design, art and illustration, calligraphy, and music discovery.

Cira has been dreaming of attending UCLA since she was old enough to know what college was! She is thrilled and honored to be part of the esteemed Norma J. Ehrlich Alumni Scholars and thankful for the community she has found within the Scholars network. She looks forward to pursuing her goals and exploring the many opportunities UCLA has to offer.