Lakshmi Sunder is a senior at the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston with a concentration in creative writing, and a rising freshman at Northwestern University. Lakshmi enjoys writing poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction about intersectional identity, familial dynamics, and dystopias that reflect reality. She has been recognized by the YoungArts Foundation, the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the Bennington Young Writers Awards, The Common Magazine, and The New York Times Learning Network. She has taken workshops with the Kelly Writers House and the Kenyon Review. Outside of Apogee Journal, Lakshmi works with #TeenWritersProject, Diversify Our Narrative, and Girl Up.
