Get To Know Serena Yang

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.5 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Meet 2021 NYC Youth Poet Laureate Serena Yang. Serena read us the story of the poet and astronomer Hazel Scott. Serena tells us how she became a poet, and what inspires her to write. She also tells us how her immigrant story has informed her worldview and activism, and how she connects to Wang Zhenyi’s curiosity and drive to explore the world.

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0:27.7	get your podcasts.
0:31.8	This is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.
0:38.3	Hi, Rebels. This is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, the interview.
0:41.3	I'm your host Alea, and today we're talking to Serena Yang.
0:45.3	She's a poet, a spoken word artist, and the New York City Youth Poet
0:50.3	Laureate for 2021.
0:52.3	Serena read us the story of mathematician, astronomer, and poet Wang Zen-Yi.
0:59.0	Make sure you give that episode a listen.
1:06.0	Okay, Serena, can you introduce yourself to our listeners?
1:09.0	My name is Serena Yang.
1:11.6	I am a poet, a student, and a community organizer, and I'm 19 years old.
1:17.6	So, how did you get interested in writing poetry?
1:20.6	Well, I've been writing for a very long time, but I mostly wrote creative nonfiction,
1:25.6	memoirs, and sometimes short stories.
1:28.3	But in junior year of high school, I started finding these poems that were written along with
1:34.7	the political movements of the 60s and 70s, and it was actually a poem written by a rebel girl.
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