Madeleine Hur is a poet from Daly City, California. She is the first Daly City Youth Poet Laureate and the first Youth Poet Laureate in San Mateo County. She graduated from Oceana High School in Pacifica, representing her school as a Student Trustee for the Jefferson Union High School District and as part of the Associated Student Body Congress. Her poetry is influenced by feminism and youth empowerment.

You can also read poems written by our 2021-2022 Youth Poet Laureate here.

Congratulations Madeleine on being selected our inaugural Youth Poet Laureate!

Madeleine’s Youth Poet Laureate Service Project

• Collaborated with the San Mateo County Registration and Elections Division to create an online event, called Spoken Voice for Choice, designed to encourage young people to vote by having them share their poems on youth participation in local politics.