Isabella Madrigal

2020-2021 Champion for Change, YAB Member at Large

Cahuilla Band of Indians, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Age: 17

Temecula, California 

Isabella Madrigal, an avid writer and storyteller, is a senior at the Orange County School of the Arts and enrolled in the Acting Conservatory. The play and production of Menil and Her Heart earned Isabella her Girl Scout Gold Award. Isabella believes that her Native Storytelling Project fulfills this vital message: ‘Our Stories. Our Telling. Still speaking.’ She is the founder and co-president of the Building Bridges Social Justice Club at her school. Her passions include medicine and meaningful, change making storytelling through writing and performance.