Sasa Aakil

Sasa Aakil is an 18 year old artist, writer, and the Montgomery County Youth Poet Laureate. She is a potter, painter, poet, print maker, bassist, and more. She has been active in the DC art community since age 13 and is now pursuing a degree in Fine Arts. She has won numerous awards in writing and has been published in the Scholastic Best Teen Writing anthology in 2018. As well as I Am The Night Sky by Muslim American Youth in 2019. She has been featured in the Washington Post and on WTOP for her work on her A Man Was Lynched Yesterday Project and advocacy for black lives. She uses her art to address topics like race, religion, and identity. Acknowledging, addressing, and actively working for or against issues that affect her people. Information about her visual and written work can be found on her website at www.sasaaakil.com.