EDITORS' NOTE
We would like to welcome our readers to the most recent
installation of the Electric Literary Magazine. Electric’s Volume VI
is a symbol of the trials and tribulations our magazine has gone
through. It is physical proof that through all the pain and stress,
we’ve survived. That’s what our most recent volume is all
about- Survival.
Whether it’s meeting those bills every month or risking your life
every day, everyone has their own way of surviving. The writers
of Electric have made it their mission to create pieces that
embrace the ambiguity of what it means to survive.
Maleyah Moses’ poetry piece “To The Women” showcases the
survival of an oppressed group through unity and solidarity.
Brenden DeVilla’s poem “For The Misunderstood” portrays a
case of cultural survival among indigenous communities.
Joseph Mladinov’s nonfiction story “8 Left Behind” shows a great
example of the classic survival theme of man conquering
nature, while Mia Garza’s poem “The Gilded City” shows the
result of when humanity’s conquest of nature goes too far. All of
these stories are sure to keep you on the edge of your seat and
challenge your own definition of what survival means to you.
We hope this volume of Electric teaches you one must survive
in order to know what it means to thrive.
Literacy Love,
Mia Garza & Maleyah Moses
Editors-in-Chief: Mia Garza, Maleyah Moses
Design Director: Justice Rios
Copy-Editors: Stephanie Burgess, Gerardo Hernandez
Publicist/Event Coordinator: Jacob Galvez
Marketing/Campaign Coordinators: Crystal Torres-
Rodriguez, Elizabeth Anguiano
Social Media Marketing: Joseph Mladinov, Brenden DeVilla
Videographers: Michelle Salas, Joshua Rodriguez
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Writers: Martyr Tavares, Brenden
DeVilla, Elizabeth Anguiano, Michelle
Salas, Maleyah Moses, Crystal Torres-
Rodriguez, Stephanie Burgess, Mia
Garza, Carolina Herrera, Joseph
Mladinov, Joshua Rodriguez
Designers: Martyr Tavares, Tommy
Camacho, Alexandra Loza, Jason
Navarro, Justice Rios, Emilia Ortiz,
Aurora Gonzalez, Carolina Herrera
Front Cover Art: Aurora Gonzalez