After growing up homeless and channeling her pain into poetic power, Marquesha became a mentor for Get Lit and an ambassador for the film Girl Rising, which stresses the importance of education for girls in developing countries. She has performed at the MUSE Conference in Oregon, at the Women in the World Summit at Lincoln Center (alongside Angelina Jolie and Hillary Clinton), at Cadogan Hall in London, for The Atlantic Magazine, and at colleges and universities throughout the nation. She has also appeared on the series "Verses and Flow" and is a blogger for ONE.org. Look out for her poetry anthology and memoir, coming soon to a bookstore near you!

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