I am a poet, teaching artist, writer, educator and science fiction enthusiast.
I am the co-founder of a nonprofit organization, Do The WRITE Thing of DC, through which I conduct poetry workshops to help youth connect to others. Poetry encourages students to view the complexities of the world in new ways and to develop empathy and understanding for other points of view. Poetry allows students to pour their feelings of hopelessness, anger, frustration, heartbreak, depression, isolation and fear onto paper. It helps students to be human. I have edited 10 books of original poems written by st more...
