London

If you don't learn to write your own story, someone else will write it for you

Dessa Darling of Doomtree, my sister (who first got me listening to Dessa), and my current English teacher (who introduced me to slam poetry as an art form and a way to get around the conventions) are the three people who have most inspired me to use slam poetry as a means to be heard. My parents have always taught me to make a difference and to speak up and now I can, in a way that is more free than the persuasive speeches presented to bored board members and disinterested credit-seekers.