Angelica Esquivel is a Xicana poet and artist from Fostoria, Ohio. Her work has appeared in Poet Lore, Barrelhouse, and A Public Space. Her first chapbook, A Casual Apocalypse in Acapulco, received the Prima Materia Award from First Matter Press, who will publish it in 2026. Esquivel is the recipient of the 2021 Zócalo Poetry Prize and currently serves as the inaugural 2025–26 YpsiWrites Writer in Residence of Ypsilanti, Michigan.
