Sophia Ordaz, Cultural Programming Coordinator at the Multicultural Center, MA Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, University of Arkansas
Sophia Ordaz is a Chicana writer based in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Since completing her MA in Comparative Literature, Sophia has played an indispensable role organizing with the University of Arkansas’ Multicultural Center, where her liberation-oriented praxis has uplifted the voices of countless students, colleagues, and comrades.
Sophia’s journalistic work and poetry have appeared in such publications as The Idle Class, Arkansas Soul, Slant Magazine, Oyez Review, and Evocations Review. She is the June 2022 Open Mouth poetry resident. You can reliably find her in a mosh pit, on her longboard, or in bed reading a book. She occasionally tweets at @krzykittensmile and rants and raves about music at @auralwhiplash on Instagram.