Ángeles Maku (they/she) is a rising junior at San Francisco State University. As a Mexican immigrant, Ángeles is passionate about global affairs and the impact of sociopolitical issues, particularly those affecting women. She was raised in Mexico City, a place of constant movement that exists between progress and stagnation. Growing up amid these contrasts, Ángeles became acutely aware of the tension between history and modernity. A former history major, Ángeles switched to journalism to explore the cultural contexts within modern issues in an effort to create a contemporary archive of our present. With a drive to highlight marginalized voices, Ángeles was awarded by Natomas Charter’s Performing and Fine Arts Academy for producing two gallery displays with interviews from queer and BIPOC youth, noting the expectations and reservations that can accompany these intersectional experiences. When they aren’t writing stories, Ángeles can be found posing in front of their friends’ cameras for impromptu photo shoots, being startled by loud noises, or drawing on their tablet into the wee hours of the night. 

View her work for The Kyoto Project

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