Marvin Flores

Marvin Flores is a Chicano poet, teaching artist, and community organizer who won the 2024 Youth Speaks Bay Area Slam and went on to represent the Bay Area at the national youth slam in Washington, D.C. His work centers on bringing poetry to underserved and underrepresented youth in the South Bay, with the goal of launching a youth slam specifically for local voices. Marvin also started Los Jaguares, a student-led organization at Foothill College dedicated to political education, advocacy, and holistic community support addressing the spiritual, physical, and mental well-being of Latino students and their broader communities by connecting local opportunities to students so they can get involved. He is also the first-ever poet laureate of his college campus.