Kathryn West (she/her) is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 11 alum, a social worker, and health communications professional who lives and works in the Chicagoland area.

Kaylaa’ White is a Crohn’s disease warrior, ostomate, writer, creative, and advocate passionate about storytelling as a tool for healing and representation. She is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 12 alum.

Kelsey D. Mahaffey is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 7 alum and Nashville poet who keeps half her heart in New Orleans. Her work can be seen in: Deep South Magazine, Pinch, and Cumberland River Review, among others. No Fault of Water is her debut chapbook.

Khaliah Johnson is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 5 alum. Dr. Johnson’s particular career interests are in community-based pediatric care, health equity, healthcare advocacy, and developing strategies to improve access to high-quality palliative care services to marginalized populations.

Kira Preneta (she/they), Certified Listener Poet Alum from Cohort 12, brings a broad lineage of poets and writers to their life and work. At their desk they dream of a future where everyone is cared for; where motherhood is valued as a map into an equitable future.