Mia Dimina

2024 Arlington County, Virginia Youth Poet Laureate

Mia Dimina is a writer, artist, reader, and the 2024 Arlington County Youth Poet Laureate. Her poetry has been featured in various local contests and publications as well as gained recognition nationally by Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. She works as an editor for both her high school’s literary magazine and a teen-targeted magazine, The Empty Inkwell Review. She has also attended and refined her writing skills at programs such as the UVA Young Writers’ Workshop and the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio. Mia hopes to share her appreciation of poetry with everyone, especially those who believe they cannot write it.