Mia Guillen

Mia Guillen

Mia Guillen is a junior at the Orange County School of the Arts. She's passionate about social justice, poetry, and roller skating. She created an activism + mental health awareness account @her_activism on Instagram.
Opinion: The legacy of George Floyd

Opinion: The legacy of George Floyd

Before George Floyd turned into a hashtag, he was somebody’s father.  “I want to touch the world,” Jonathan Veal recalls Floyd saying. In Floyd’s youth, he received an athletic scholarship and is remembered for his sense of humor, compassion and tall physique. After...

Alex Garcia: A facet of the American Dream

Alex Garcia: A facet of the American Dream

After nearly 4 years of living in a sanctuary at a Maplewood Church, Alex Garcia walked out on Wednesday, Feb. 24 without the fear of deportation.  Following the Trump administration’s denial in 2017 of his appeal to stay in the country, a crowd around the church was...

Alex Garcia: A facet of the American Dream

Poem: Below – Free Verse Poetry

The rushing vivacious wave engulfs me  underneath its surf  I thrash my limbs submerged  helplessly trying to reach for the waters palm  and push my weight up  My lips meet the surface and feel the flowering flame of oxygen trickle down my lungs  Yet again the tyranny...