Jessica YELLAWOMAN Gallion is a published author and poet from Louisiana currently living in Los Angeles. She is a poetry events curator and the co-host for The Anansi Writers Workshop at the World Stage in Leimert Park. She has worked with Rupi Kaur, Marc Bamuthi Joesph, The Los Angeles Chambers Orchestra, The Los Angeles Public Library, The Broad Museum, El Silencio Mezcal, Coca-Cola, Compton College, and many other spaces. Her poetry drops you into a deep pot of gumbo with no ladle in sight.