Many Yana Campos is a Xicana poet, writer, visual artist, community organizer and mother creature. She has been published in Ofrenda magazine, We’Moon, & the Jefferson Journal. She is the author of two chapbooks, Blue Corn, Mixed Masa, and the Occasional Magic Trick and a look of defiance.radiant. She just completed a hybrid manuscript titled, Legalize My Mother and is the recipient of the 2022 Haines & Friends Visual Arts Grant for her art installation, Latina Geniuses are everywhere. Manya received her BFA from Southern Oregon University and her MFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art.

“Manya is a fucking badass poet who doesn’t hold back. She is graceful. Her work is sensual, gritty and prayerful.” Freddie Herrera