Sage Rios Mace is a Bay Area, creative writer and journalist based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 2020, her work as a political columnist won first place in the Bay Area Journalism Awards. Today, she works as an intern for el Centro de Periodismo Investigativo and has an investigative focus on the struggle for disability justice and sidewalk accessibility.

Sage’s writing enfolds prose into reporting to investigate the issues and places close to her heart—from the gentrification of her family’s motherland, Puerto Rico to her city of San Francisco.

Sage received her B.A. from the University of San Francisco’s Department of Sociology and with an Honors Concentration. Her graduation thesis, and largest project to date, investigates experiences of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) through an intersectional lens. The project will culminate to advocate for further research funding and awareness of PMDD.

In the fall of 2024, Sage graduated with a Masters in Journalism and Innovation from the Universidad del Sagrado Córazon in San Juan, Puerto Rico. While working towards her dreams of becoming a career data journalist, Sage enjoys her time volunteering as a teacher’s assistant at the local elementary school.