Ashley Tahay (she/her) is an 18-year-old spoken word poet from the San Fernando Valley. Through poetry, she shares the beauty and complexity of womanhood, language, family, and identity. She has performed for hundreds of students across LA, utilizing her and her family’s stories to inspire students to reclaim their voices and their stories. Ashley is deeply inspired by the experiences shared by her Guatemalan family, whose stories have shown her the worth of language and history and the power that comes with reclaiming them.

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Ashley Tahay (ella) es una poeta de palabra hablada de 18 años del Valle de San Fernando. A través de la poesía, comparte la belleza y la complejidad de la feminidad, el lenguaje, la familia y la identidad. Ha presentado para cientos de estudiantes en Los Ángeles, utilizando sus historias y las de su familia para inspirar a los estudiantes a reclamar sus voces y sus historias. Ashley está profundamente inspirada por las experiencias compartidas por su familia guatemalteca, cuyas historias le han mostrado el valor del idioma y la historia y el poder que conlleva reclamarlas.

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