Love. Truly, my love for humanity. I write with the hope of building bridges to connect people and communities to one another, or to transmute that bad feeling into something good.

It’s a tie!

Between my student speech at my college’s winter commencement ceremony at the Kohl Center and opening for Rupi Kaur at the Straz Center.

Each held about 2,000 people each. Talk about nervous!

My favorite to recite comes from Maya Angelou.

My favorite to read comes from Pablo Neruda.

My favorite to listen to comes from Tank and the Bangas.

My favorite to share comes from Lucille Clifton.