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Minnesota officially has its first youth poet laureate. Sienna Lee, a high school junior from Moorhead, was chosen for the role after a long selection process. She will serve a one-year term and become a public ambassador. 

The youth poet laureate program was established in 2025 by the state Legislature and is overseen by the Minnesota Humanities Center along with its national partner, Urban Word.

Lee joined Minnesota Now host Nina Moini to talk about her poetry. 

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Sienna Lee, a junior at Moorhead High School, was honored as the inaugural youth poet laureate by the Minnesota Humanities Center. 

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