Angelica Heaney–Creative, Poet, Performer
Angelica is currently an undergraduate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, working towards her degree in Sociology with a double minor in African American Studies and Creative Writing. During the COVID-19 quarantine, she began working on her first self-published collection of original poetry and visuals, “Put On A Face Mask & Heal Sis.” and is trusting the process as she goes!
“I started writing when I was 12 and fell in love with the art of poetry almost immediately. I have never been the most outspoken person in the room but that doesn’t mean that I don’t have a lot to say! I don’t create with the intention to please others, I create because it is simply what I am most passionate about. In doing so, I have learned to value the power in my story and in my voice… Art is honest and it is in everything.” – Angelica
Current Reading List
Parable of The Sower, Octavia E. Butler
Voyage of the Sable Venus, Robin Coste Lewis
Destroyer, Victor Lavalle
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé, Morgan Parker
