A Dark-Skinned Filipina by Kaelin Jacey Francisco

Home 9 Type of Writer 9 Project Category: Alum Kaelin Jacey Francisco, age 19 (alum) California This story is a response to my childhood and what it is like growing up as a Filipina girl with dark skin. A Dark-Skinned Filipina My nana is fretting over my...

master of romance by Rachel Alarcio

Home 9 Type of Writer 9 Project Category: Alum Rachel Alarcio, age 21 (alum) California I wrote this in response to a prompt at a WriteGirl Bold Leaders gathering I was invited to observe. The prompt asked us to write a seven-line free-verse ode to a life...

Birthplace by Alejandra Medina

Home 9 Type of Writer 9 Project Category: Alum Alejandra Medina, age 22 (alum) California Fragments of this piece were written at a time when the Latinx community was experiencing hate crimes in Los Angeles. I was trying to write something empowering and...

My Hands by RubinLeigh

Home 9 Type of Writer 9 Project Category: Alum RubinLeigh, age 22 (alum) Illinois I was sitting in class playing with my fingers. It started with just picking a hangnail, but then I started looking, and I mean really looking – the shape of my hands, the...