Sara Borjas is a self-identified Xicanx pocha from the americas before it was stolen and its people were colonized. Her debut collection, Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff (Noemi Press, 2019), received a 2020 American Book Award. Sara was featured as one of Poets & Writers’ 2019 Debut Poets and has received fellowships from MacDowell Colony, Ragdale Foundation, CantoMundo, and other organizations. She writes, “I believe that all Black lives matter and will resist white supremacy until Black liberation is realized.” She teaches at California State University, East Bay, and stays rooted in Fresno. (updated 4/2024)