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Kyla Figueroa

Kyla Figueroa ‘24 is the former Vol. 260–262 Managing Editor for The Grind, the 263 Screen DE for Arts & Life, and a staff writer for News. Throw pitches and questions her way — kfigueroa ‘at’ stanforddaily.com.
Senior Column
Kyla Figueroa '24 leaning against a wall.

Figueroa | Do you get déjà vu?

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Oct. 1, 2024
Reads
Empty plaza, showing Claw water fountain and Stanford Bookstore in the background.

Aparna Verma ’20 on ‘The Phoenix King,’ centering South Asian stories and ‘BookTok’

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Jan. 31, 2024
Reads
A photo of the bookcover of "Sky Ladders" on the left and a photo of Ethan Chua '21 on the right.

Alum publishes poetry collection eulogizing Atlanta spa shootings

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Sept. 27, 2023
University
Hoover Tower above sandstone buildings, purple and pink sky in the background

Law School dean appointed as new provost

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Aug. 24, 2023
Culture
A man in a long coat performs to the audience as the cast around him holds their arms out to him.

Stanford student shines in San Jose’s ‘Great Comet’

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
May 14, 2023
Culture
The frame of a house sits center stage on Sunnyvale Community Players' production of "Next to Normal."

Sunnyvale’s ‘Next to Normal’ successfully explores mental illness through theater

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
April 30, 2023
Screen
cartoonish drawings of a girl eating pasta with her love interest, flying and holding hands with him with a bright yellow background that says "florence"

Interactive graphic novel ‘Florence’ is the perfect heartbreak for $2.99

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
March 14, 2023
Screen
a photo of a young white person with medium-length straight hair, standing on the set of a movie in front of a sign that reads, "Dessert Island: All Stars"

‘Somebody I Used to Know’ satisfyingly subverts the traditional romantic comedy 

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Feb. 13, 2023
The Grind
A man laying in bed, next to a keyboard that he places a single hand on.

Excerpt: Autumn, grief, loss and other things

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Feb. 1, 2023
Music
a person with a shaved head and brown skin sings into a microphone, holding one arm up above their head. they wear a black robe with a white piece covering the chest and shoulders

Theatrical jazz savant plays Bing: Cecile McLorin Salvant’s spectacle

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Jan. 30, 2023
Speakers & Events
A photo from the balcony of a building at Knight Management Center; sky is light blue with some clouds

Reformation CEO Hali Borenstein MBA ’13 speaks with students about business journey, sustainable practices

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Jan. 25, 2023
Arts & Life
DiDonato sits in a baby blue dress on a black platform illuminated by yellow and orange light. She sings, surrounded by a dark orchestra

Joyce DiDonato challenges the conventions of opera with immersive design of ‘Eden’

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Jan. 24, 2023
Music
two Black individuals sit side-by-side in chairs in front of microphones. the person on the right, who is the main focus of the photograph, strums a guitar and sings with his eyes closed

Okaidja Afroso brings acoustic sound to the O’Donohue Farm

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Nov. 15, 2022
The Grind
A crowd of happy students at a football game sits inside a thought bubble connected to a puzzled looking character. Text reads "My big game plan, if I were actually going."

My Big Game plan if I decide to go to Big Game

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Nov. 15, 2022
Culture
The beast and Belle raise the glass to each other at a large table with dark blue table cloth and archaic candles on top.

Palo Alto Players’ ‘Beauty and the Beast’ shines as a fairytale for the community

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Nov. 14, 2022
Campus Life
Indigenous students hosted a round table teach-in at Kairos on Nov. 2. (Photo: ULA LUCAS/The Stanford Daily)

Land Back teach-in at Stanford: Indigenous students call out colonialist history, urging student support

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Nov. 10, 2022
The Grind
A wooden fence encloses a grassy yard. There is a tree on the left side and some kind of white swing-like structure in the middle. The sun is setting.

Backyards: a shelter from the hurting

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Nov. 8, 2022
Music
a shoulders-up photo of a woman on a dark stage wearing a white off-the-shoulder dress and looking up toward white lights

Taimane and her quartet show Bing Concert Hall the versatility of the ukulele

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Nov. 8, 2022
Music
on stage, a person sits at a piano at the left and another sits in front of a microphone holding a guitar

Silvana Estrada mesmerizes with soothing Latin folk ballads

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Oct. 24, 2022
News
Photo of old union 2020 with people walking around

Senate unanimously passes resolution calling on Stanford to address sexual violence 

Kyla Figueroa and Oriana Riley
  •  
Oct. 16, 2022
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