Sara Garg
Sara Garg is a youth poet who explores aspects of her multifaceted identity in her work. When not writing, she is a full-time student working towards an MD PHD. She graduated from Northview High School in 2023, studied at Drepung Loseling Buddhist Monastery in Summer 2024, will graduate Emory University with a Bachelors in Data Science in 2026, and is currently studying abroad at Oxford University.
At 19, Sara is the co-founder and President of Programs and Outreach at Matwaala youth poetry initiative, Sync Poetry. One Sync Poetry initiative of note she implemented was providing poetry workshops to children’s hospitals across the country during the pandemic. She has been involved with Matwaala since 2015 as a reader at festivals, part of the poetry wall, and more. More recently, Sara has written a poetry chapbook, titled Elements, published in 2023 by Kallisto Gaia Press.
In her academic career, Sara is a National Merit Scholarship Finalist, Presidential Scholars’ Semifinalist, Emory Dean’s Achievement Scholar, and a Phi Beta Kappa Book Award Recipient. She has also written numerous research papers with a particular focus on machine learning ethics in medicine and currently works in the Healthcare Innovations and Translational Informatics Lab. She is also dedicated to promoting dialogue on difficult issues as a member of the Emory Barkley Forum.
Broadcasting her work, Sara was a TEDx speaker for TEDxYouth@MiltonAvenue on “Computational Mental Health” (2022), TEDx@MiltonHighSchool on “The Quest for Little Eureka Moments” (2023), TEDx@Emory’s studio event on Art Talks on “The World is Art if You Want It to Be”.
At 19, Sara is the co-founder and President of Programs and Outreach at Matwaala youth poetry initiative, Sync Poetry. One Sync Poetry initiative of note she implemented was providing poetry workshops to children’s hospitals across the country during the pandemic. She has been involved with Matwaala since 2015 as a reader at festivals, part of the poetry wall, and more. More recently, Sara has written a poetry chapbook, titled Elements, published in 2023 by Kallisto Gaia Press.
In her academic career, Sara is a National Merit Scholarship Finalist, Presidential Scholars’ Semifinalist, Emory Dean’s Achievement Scholar, and a Phi Beta Kappa Book Award Recipient. She has also written numerous research papers with a particular focus on machine learning ethics in medicine and currently works in the Healthcare Innovations and Translational Informatics Lab. She is also dedicated to promoting dialogue on difficult issues as a member of the Emory Barkley Forum.
Broadcasting her work, Sara was a TEDx speaker for TEDxYouth@MiltonAvenue on “Computational Mental Health” (2022), TEDx@MiltonHighSchool on “The Quest for Little Eureka Moments” (2023), TEDx@Emory’s studio event on Art Talks on “The World is Art if You Want It to Be”.
Water: Shootings
there’s blood in the water
plasma spinning away from the bodies
carried out of sight into the ocean of violence
to dissolve in the universal solvent
sharks circle briefly
tearing the body apart for ammunition
till all that’s left is blood
90% water, and dispersed quickly
tears fall for the body
lost to waves of rising violence
but they fall silently
and the trail they make is washed away
only remembered by the reservoir
3.8 billion years old
that still immortalizes each death
in a hydrogen bond
there’s blood in the water
plasma spinning away from the bodies
carried out of sight into the ocean of violence
to dissolve in the universal solvent
sharks circle briefly
tearing the body apart for ammunition
till all that’s left is blood
90% water, and dispersed quickly
tears fall for the body
lost to waves of rising violence
but they fall silently
and the trail they make is washed away
only remembered by the reservoir
3.8 billion years old
that still immortalizes each death
in a hydrogen bond
Link to purchase "Elements": https://www.kallistogaiapress.org/product/elements/
Link to work with Sync Poetry: https://www.matwaala.com/key-initiatives.html
Email me at [email protected] for any questions about other projects or collaborations.
Link to work with Sync Poetry: https://www.matwaala.com/key-initiatives.html
Email me at [email protected] for any questions about other projects or collaborations.