Sydney was a constant voice for change throughout her time in DSA. She continues this work at the University of Iowa, where she became editor-in-chief for Lit Ink Mag as a freshman and works to share poetry with the community and, frankly, the world.
In addition, she curated the material and topics for DSA’s African American Literature class, and continues to have her voice heard and celebrated throughout our halls.
On poetry, Sydney states, “I want to have my work read in schools, which I think is a very ambitious thing to desire. But I want some kid sitting in a classroom one day reading one of my poems to say, ‘This is what I want to be doing,’ because Langston Hughes did that for me. If I could do that to just one kid somewhere, I would achieve every dream I’ve ever had.”
