Monique Mitchell

Originating from South Central Los Angeles, Monique Mitchell has been working in entertainment and arts education since 2014, collaborating with Puma, Lexus, March for Our Lives, Cass Bird, Cara Delevinge, Maria Shriver, and more. Captured on home video, at the age of four, Mitchell was telling her mom, “listen to my poem.” She was first published in the newspaper at age six, intending to heal through words. It has been said that Mitchell writes to “disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.” She is passionate about helping those in her community unlearn everything that binds them. Moreover, she is passionate about liberty, specifically Black liberty. Mitchell helped get Senate Bill 933, an arts education bill for $50M, passed in May of 2016, where she was invited to perform a poem to testify in favor of the bill and received a round of applause from every senator. Her writing has been published by The New York Times and A24 in their companion book for Academy-Award-winning Everything Everywhere All At Once, Cultural Weekly, and various print publications across Los Angeles. She has performed and led workshops for museums such as LACMA, MOCA, and The Hammer and for colleges, classrooms, and conferences globally.