Marissa Guadarrama

Senior at Downtown Magnets HS. I write about social issues ranging from racism to women's issues to environmental issues.

Opinion: LAUSD should require students to take a climate course to graduate

by Marissa Guadarrama | May 26, 2021 | Education, Hero, Opinion, Schools

Climate change. Global warming. Two words, one indisputable meaning, one unequivocal outcome: the destruction of our home. Yet, despite common belief, the climate crisis is not a new threat whatsoever. In fact, oil companies knew about climate change and how gas...

Poem: Brown Girl

by Marissa Guadarrama | Feb 15, 2021 | Creative Writing

I’m an American, born of Mexican immigrant parents. All my life, I’ve been too Brown for some and too white for others. The brown-skinned girl with an extensive vocabulary, goals, and dreams, the definition of white. But, it’s never subdued the persistent, underlying...