Angela Rose Flores, musician, songwriter and literary writer was born and raised in the Boyle Heights district of East Los Angeles. She began writing poetry and short stories at the age of 10 and won an award for her “Book of Poetry” from the Mexican American Youth Opportunities Foundation in the 6 th grade. She has not stopped writing since. Under the name ‘Angela Vogel’ she performs as a singer-songwriter and is recognized as part of the pioneering E.L.A. Punk Scene of the early eighties and the feminist trio, Las Tres. Although songwriting has been in the forefront, literary writing is Angela’s passion and has always been the underlying core of her creative outlet. Her poetry has been published in Madre, Mother- Mujeres de Maiz Zine 2015 and the Coiled Serpent Anthology 2016.