Mindy Shah grew up near the shores of Lake Erie, in Ohio, and spent much of her childhood tramping around the woods and writing stories she seldom finished. She is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 1 alum.
Michelle Hunt
Michelle Petties
Monica Storss
Nancy Eddy
Nancy S. Scherlong
Nancy S. Scherlong, LCSW, CHHC, SEP, CP, PTR/CJT, CM is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 8 alum and serves on the board of The Good Listening Project. She is owner of the psychotherapy, coaching and training business entitled Change Your Narrative LCSW PLLC. She is a corporate wellness educator, coach and trauma therapist.
Nicole "Nix" Demos
Patrick Horner
Patrick Horner is a Canadian poet, engineer, and cultural organizer based in Calgary, Alberta, and a Cohort 14 alumnus of the Certified Listener Poet program. He is the author of Refugia, a poetic novel published by the University of Calgary Press in 2022, and his poetry and short fiction have appeared in publications internationally.
Rebecca Wilson
Ravenna Raven
Robert Minicucci
Robert Minicucci is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 10 alum and lives in East Kingston, NH. His poems have appeared on NHPR.org/New Hampshire Public Radio and in The Raw Art Review: A Journal of Storm and Urge, the NH-based poetry zine Good Fat, and the Silver Birch Press blog series WEARING A MASK.
Sailaja Devaguptapu
Sailaja Devaguptapu is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 2 alum. She is a published poet, writer and researcher, wellness facilitator, designing and developing courses on Health Humanities; and an organizer and trainer for programs and workshops related to wellness, arts, writing & poetry in the context of healthcare and mental health.
Salaam Green
Salaam Green is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Birmingham, Alabama (2024–2026), a native of Greensboro, and founder of The Literary Healing Arts. A storyteller and healer, she is a Kellogg Foundation Racial Healing Facilitator and Alabama Humanities Foundation Road Scholar. She is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 1 alum.
Sarah Ratermann Beahan
Sharon Dardis
Sibihan Lawrence
Sofia Campos
Sofia Campos (formerly Sofia Krause) is a mother, aspiring physician, poet, and visual artist. She draws inspiration from the ordinary moments and extraordinary complexities of being human.
Sophie L. Schott
Steve Schwartz
Steve Schwartz, from Milwaukee, works as a multidisciplinary artist and organizer in Washington, DC. Weaving experiences from a 25-year career in labor and political organizing with the constant, direct revelation of an active poetry, visual art and meditation practice, he understands listening as a foundational healing practice.