“How Do You Say Your Last Name?”: A Contrapuntal

Sara Santistevan is an emerging Latina poet. She was the recipient of the 2021 Kresge College Reyna Grande Scholarship, which gave her the resources to finish her chapbook, The Root From Which Freedom Blossoms (forthcoming with Fauxmoir). She has work published or forthcoming in Shō Poetry Journal, Akéwì Magazine, F(r)iction, and elsewhere. In both her artistic and editorial work, Sara aims to build bridges between historical and personal narratives and amplify diverse voices in literature.