As a person of color, I know race can't be stripped from admiration or preference.

I have been and continue to be committed to art as a tool to ignite, comfort, and discomfort.

I do use art as a site of protest, particularly in relation to dominant narratives.

Writing about racism requires a directness that writing a love story does not.

My art career often feels less like an art career and more like a career in educating, usually by using my body.

I continue to explore poetry.

Children are receptive to talking about gender creativity, confirming the importance of the book as a means to instigate this dialogue at an early age.