Shangrila Plaza (any/all) is a first-generation Filipinx-Canadian immigrant who lives on the traditional unceded, unsurrendered territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples. They are an undergraduate student at Simon Fraser University where they study English and Creative Writing.