Angel Eduardo is a New York City-based writer, artist, and communicator whose work focuses on free expression, civil liberties, and the health of our public discourse.

He is best known for coining and developing star-manning, a rhetorical approach that encourages us to engage with our opponents through a compassionate recognition of shared humanity.

Be kind; we’re all first drafts.

As Senior Writer & Editor for the free speech advocacy nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), Angel helps shape national conversations around free speech and free thought. His work with FIRE has been cited by Congress, The New York Times, and others.

He also serves as Board Chair for the civil rights nonprofit Fair for All, which promotes the principles of fairness, understanding, and humanity as foundations of a pluralistic civic culture.

Angel holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from CUNY Hunter College. His writing has been featured in USA Today, The Free Press, Quillette, Persuasion, and Newsweek Opinion, among other publications. 

His photographs have been displayed in various exhibitions and used as cover art for books—most notably in Personal Effects: Essays on Memoir, Teaching and Culture in the Work of Louise DeSalvo for Fordham University Press, which makes use of his photograph, “Early Bird.”

Angel has been writing, performing, and recording music since the age of 15, and has been intimately involved in every creative facet of his projects. This includes songwriting, producing, mixing, and mastering, as well as designing and overseeing the creation of album artwork, concert posters, and merchandise.

Regardless of the medium, Angel sees storytelling as his fundamental mission. His goal is to use his skills to tell his own story, and to help others tell theirs. Through his work he hopes to foster more productive conversations on the issues that challenge us as a species, a society, and a culture.