Michelle Garcia is a 23-year-old Filipino-American poet, memoirist, and multimedia artist from Lake Ridge, Virginia. In 2022, she was crowned poet laureate of Prince William County, Manassas, and Manassas Park, Virginia, representing the Washington D.C. metropolitan area as an arts advocate, educator, and public speaker. Michelle is a Virginia Tech alumna, graduating summa cum laude in 2021 with degrees in English literature and language, creative writing, and communication science and social inquiry. Her writing has been published in Philologia, Mim Magazine, Tenderheart Collective, PW Perspective, The Old Bridge Observer, Silhouette Literary and Art Magazine, and other publications. The first edition of Cul-de-sac Angels was released in 2021 and instantly became an Amazon bestseller in women's poetry. Visit www.michellegarciawrites.com for more.
