"I recently read my first sci-fi novel: Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness."

I have included poems that indirectly communicate my own emotions about various things in my life.

This poem was inspired by witnessing horses galloping in the rain near my aunt's place in rural Sacramento.

This piece was written when I was in a dark stage of my life.

In sophomore year I was in a poetry class where we studied different techniques and terms related to poetry.

My submission is an opinion article I wrote in my advanced journalism class and had published in my high school’s news magazine.

My artwork is a collection of poems I have written over the last year.

For this piece, I was inspired by Cisneros's "House on Mango Street" and her brilliant way of using short vignettes to bring individual snippets of a character's life into a coming-of-age arc.

I live in a historic home, and this poem looks at the parallels of living in an old home to a family that has baggage.

My first poem is about a fond family memory; I was about 8, and whole family dressed up as The Shining characters despite us kids never having seen the movie.

Writing helps me process complex thoughts and emotions.

This piece is about not being heard when you say you are hurting and what could be a possible outcome of that.

This work is a non-fiction memoir about fear, denial, and pain. It is about my struggle with trying to accept myself and realize that while I may be different, I am not broken.

I wrote this piece in my bedroom, sick, for absolutely no real reason. It had been a long time since I'd heart about Middlemist Red, but I hadn't ever connected it to any human emotion.

This story captures the essence of my grandparents' immigrant experience and reminds us of how freedom should not be taken for granted and does not come without difficulties.