Nyarae Francis is a 16-year old Hamilton High School student from Inglewood, CA. Her poetry speaks on community, academic inequality, mental health, the joys of life, family, gender and sexuality and the black experience through the eyes of a young woman finding healing and growth through poetry. Nyarae was a member of the Brave New Voices international youth poetry slam team in 2019 and has quickly risen to having her work featured at Black Lives Matter rallies, SoCal Public Broadcast networks, and read on stage by Julia Roberts at a nationally broadcast Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee event in June 2020.