“As the first immigrant and woman of color to assume the role, Castro Luna will be advocating for poetry during a particularly fraught period for both the

humanities (the current administration proposed eliminating the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities early this year) and immigrant populations,

who are confronting uncertainty in the face of travel bans and heated rhetoric,” notes Humanities Washington, which sponsors the Washington State Poet Laureate program with ArtsWA.