I write to remember, to name, and to heal.
Interview about MAESTRA. Enjoy!
Maestra is out now! “A must-read for anyone who has ever walked the path of a student and educator.” -Rita Suh, Ed.D., Lecturer CSU, Long Beach
Yo soy
la generación
entre
mi mamá
sentada sobre la tierra
lodosa y fértil
comiendo elote
en la selva de Nayarit
y
mis hijos
sentados en escaleras de piedra
desgastados por los siglos
comiendo gelato de limón
en la plaza mayor de Segovia
Angelina Sáenz (she/her) is a Los Angeles–based Chicana writer, poet, and award-winning educator. She is a UCLA Writing Project Fellow, an alumna of the VONA/Voices Workshop for Writers of Color, and a Macondo Writers Workshop Fellow. She is the author of the poetry collections Maestra (FlowerSong Press, 2024) and Edgecliff (FlowerSong Press, 2021), as well as the children’s book Waiting for Luna.
Sáenz is a featured poet and contributor to Escaramuza, a collaborative poetry and photography coffee-table book exploring the poetics of home, published by GOST Books (2025). Her poetry has appeared in Diálogo, Split This Rock, Hostos Review, Out of Anonymity, Angels Flight Literary West, Every Other, Cockpit Revue Paris, The Acentos Review and the multi-genre anthology Somos Xicanas. She was featured in a Poetry Folio in Poetry Magazine, published by the Poetry Foundation (April 2025).