keziah aurin (they/them) is a graduate student at San Francisco State University’s Asian American Studies. keziah’s immigration to the U.S. from the Philippines and being undocumented shaped their understanding of marginalization and interest in reimagining a world where everyone, especially the Third World peoples, is truly liberated. Previously a counselor at the nation’s first Undocumented Student Program, keziah now serves as a writer for the non-profit Immigrants Rising while pursuing their master’s, shifting their focus on radical narrative change and uniting academic discourse with praxis. keziah’s research interests are displacement/alienation, race/ethnicity, queerness, and immigration.