Speaking on More Than Poetic Teen Angst
Featured Guests: Kayla Misa and Chloe Lee
Today’s episode features Mentees Chloe Lee(she/her) and Kayla Misa (she/they). You’ll learn about Kayla’s writing and creative process for her excerpts from one of her many poetry chapbooks. We hope you enjoy this insightful discussion about poetry, Asian identity, and embracing the silly parts of ourselves.
Kayla Misa
Chloe Lee
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Kayla Misa
Kayla Misa (she/they) is a Filipino author from Los Angeles, California. She is a Senior Accountant for Warner Brothers Discovery by day, but an avid artist by night. Their freeing love for art is juxtaposed by analyzing variances and creating forecasts. When not writing or crunching numbers, Kayla can be found strumming the guitar, bowing on the violin, or sketching. They have been previously published in The Palouse Review, The Peahce Project, and featured in Power Poetry’s 2020 annual anthology for upcoming writers. Kayla is also a current collaborator of the non-profit organization, Girls Write Now.
Chloe Lee
Chloe Lee (she/her) is a junior at Scarsdale High School interested in creative writing, psychology, public policy, history and is a second-year mentee at GWN. As a mentee, she enjoys exploring different genres of writing and media, including poetry, personal essays, short stories, flash fiction, and podcasting while also spreading her love for public speaking by leading her community studio. Outside of GWN, Chloe is involved in the nonprofits Dear Asian Youth and Bring Change to Mind, advocating for racial justice and destigmatizing mental health. She is also Captain of her school’s speech and debate team, president of her school’s Students Against Violence Club, Creative Director for her school’s newspaper, and a volunteer at her local library. In her free time, she loves to play piano, partake in competitive speech, write creatively, listen to music, bake, and run her Instagram food blog. She is a huge Swiftie and Gilmore Girls fan!
