Lucas Fang is the 2024-2025 Houston Youth Poet Laureate, a Vietnamese-Taiwanese
American, and a proud Houston native. A 2024 Gold Medalist in Poetry for the Scholastic Art
and Writing Awards, Lucas’s work reflects his family’s history, cultural heritage, passion for
music, and vibrant experiences of youth.
He is an alumnus of the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio, Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop,
Yale Young Writers’ Workshop, and Writers in the Schools. Lucas also serves as a Poetry
Reader for The Adroit Journal. His passion for literature and the arts extends to music. As an
avid trumpet player, he has honed his musical skills at the Boston University Tanglewood
Institute and Interlochen Arts Camp. He was a member of the World Youth Wind Symphony and
is a current member of the Houston Youth Symphony. Beyond his creative pursuits, Lucas is committed to community service and advocacy. He serves as the President of Kinkaid UNICEF and actively engages in youth migrant support and other
community initiatives.