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Helena Donato-Sapp was awarded Runner Up for the 2025 Urban Word Western Regional Youth Poet Laureate position
Helena Donato-Sapp (CW, ‘27) was awarded Runner Up for the 2025 Urban Word Western Regional Youth Poet Laureate position. The Western Region Youth Poet Laureate represents California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. Helena is one of only 12 youth poet laureates in the entire nation to be honored. On top of this, Helena was also featured in a photo essay in ZEIT Magazin, Germany’s largest weekly newspaper. The essay, “City of the Undaunted,” identified ten individuals (artists, writers, musicians, historians, etc.) who sustain the vibrant culture of Los Angeles – residents who demonstrate the resiliency of the city in light of the devastation of the recent historic fires. Helena was invited to represent L.A.’s young writers’ community.