Angela Trudell Vasquez

Angela (Angie) Trudell Vasquez served as the Madison Poet Laureate from 2020 to 2024, and was the first Latina to hold the position. Angie received her MFA in poetry from the Institute of American Indian Arts in 2017. In Light, Always Light, came out in 2019, and her fourth collection of poetry, My People Redux, in 2022 both from Finishing Line Press. She is also a Macondo Fellow, a Ruth Lilly Fellow as an undergraduate, and has a small press Art Night Books. Her poems have been published in print, online, and performed on stage for thirty plus years. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her husband and cat.