Jackie Beatty (she/her) is a third year Cal Poly student studying Philosophy with a minor in Spanish. She is interested in working on political campaigns and has interned for the campaigns of four democratic candidates. After three years of involvement in Planned...
Eve Barajas (pronouns she/her) is a sophomore at Paso Robles High School and president of the PRHS Equality Club. She played a leading role in coordinating the historic October “Coming Out Against Hate” forum at PRHS, which made national and...
Mayor Erica A. Stewart was elected to the SLO City Council in November 2018. She was the first African American elected in the city’s history. Professionally, she is the Assistant Director of Personnel & Marketing for the Health Center at Cal Poly....
Gracie Edler is a third-year Cal Poly Student studying History and Psychology to get her Masters in Psychology on a path to licensure. She is passionate about social activism, and interns and volunteers with multiple organizations both local and national to strive for...
Dian Sousa is a poet and activist. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals—most recently The Prairie Schooner, The Banyan Review, American Poetry Journal, The Gavea-Brown Journal of Portuguese American Poetry, and Margins/Margens: A Teaching Anthology of...