Asian American Pacifc Islander Month Staff Feature: Kayla Curry

“Writing has always been an outlet for me to put things into words that I can't really say out loud.” Kayla Curry is a junior sociology major, a copy editor for Sartorial Magazine, and our staff feature for Asian American Pacifc Islander Month. Originally, Kayla found herself writing news for the campus newspaper, The Standard, but eventually, she found her place at Sartorial Magazine her sophomore year. She now focuses on writing for our opinion section with articles such as Men- Feminism is not your enemy and political pieces like What Happens Now? For Kayla, speaking out doesn’t always mean speaking out loud.

Asian American Pacifc Islander Month Feature: Christina Nguyen

In a year where Asian American hate crimes were up 150%, students like Christina Nguyen, are here making sure the much-needed, tough conversations are happening at Missouri State. “Love yourself the way you love others.” This is the short but powerful mantra our student feature for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month, Christina, lives by.

Culture, FeatureSartorial MagazineJune 1, 2021Student feature, Culture

Latinx Heritage Month Community Member Feature: Jocelyne Torres

To end Latinx Month, our community member feature is on Missouri State student and activist, Jocelyne Torres. Over the summer, thousands of people took to the streets demanding American leaders to address the systematic racism deeply embedded in the country. Here at MSU, junior Jocelyne Torres took matters into her own hands and helped create the Multicultural Students Against Systemic Racism protest that took place on September 2nd.

CULTURE