Latasha Drax is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 6 alum, and is a self-published poet and writer from Brooklyn, New York. She uses her poetic voice for creative expression, advocacy, and awareness of social injustices.

Lena Soo Hee Wood is a certified nurse-midwife, clinical educator, listener poet, and mindfulness practitioner and teacher. Her work as a midwife is grounded in presence, reproductive justice, and a trust in the power of transformational change in her patients’ lives. She is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 12 alum.