Poetry took center stage in Fresno County as Evy Singh, a Central High School sophomore, stepped into the spotlight as the county\u2019s first-ever Youth Poet Laureate\u2014and shared her story with a broader audience during a visit to KMJ\u2019s Philip Teresi Show.<\/p>\n
Singh\u2019s selection marks the official launch of the Fresno County Youth Poet Laureate Program, a new initiative led by the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Michele Cantwell-Copher, that elevates student voices through poetry, leadership, and civic engagement. The program is affiliated with the National Youth Poet Laureate movement and was developed over a two\u2011year period to highlight the lived experiences of young people across the Central Valley.<\/p>\n
Chosen from a group of finalists during a public event in downtown Fresno, Singh now serves as a youth ambassador for the arts, representing Fresno County at community events and encouraging other students to share their stories through creative expression.<\/p>\n
To hear more from Evy Singh about her journey, her poetry, and the new program, listen to the full interview below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Poetry took center stage in Fresno County as Evy Singh, a Central High School sophomore, stepped into the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-157262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}