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DocuSign Envelope ID: CF1E5821-41D3-41 CA-BE86-7063BD8D1470 <br /> Awards and Accomplishments <br /> Artistic: <br /> • National Poetry Slam Finalist <br /> • Southern Fried Regional Poetry Slam Champion <br /> • Placed 14th in the world at the Individual World Poetry Slam(December <br /> 2008, Charlotte,NC) <br /> • Presenter at TEDX UNC 2012 <br /> • Performed at the Shriver Report Live hosted by Atlantic Magazine 2014 <br /> • Keynote speaker at the Global Youth Leaders Conference 2014 <br /> • Performed at the National Association of Social Workers Conference 2014 <br /> • Performed at Bonnaroo Music Festival 2010 as part of the Poetix <br /> Vanguard <br /> • Poems featured on the American Public Media show"The Story"with <br /> Dick Gordon 2011 <br /> • Performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland 2013 <br /> • Winner of the Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF)poetry slam(October <br /> 2008,monetary award) <br /> • Completed a 3 1/2 month tour performing and teaching workshops in 17 <br /> states across the U.S. from September-December 2011 <br /> • Completed a 6 week European tour performing and teaching workshops <br /> throughout England, Scotland, Germany,Netherlands, and France <br /> • Creator of Poetic Portraits of a Revolution project that traveled to Egypt <br /> and Tunisia and created an eight-week radio series on National Public <br /> Radio and American Public Media <br /> • 2010 Indy Arts Award Winner <br /> • Winner of the Shakori Hills poetry slam(April, 2008, monetary award). <br /> • 2010 Two Piece and a Side Slam champion(Tallahasse,FL, monetary <br /> award) <br /> • 2010 Duo Slam poetry team slam champion(monetary award) <br /> Academic: <br /> • Sterling A. Stoudemire Award Recipient for Excellence in Spanish(Top <br /> Senior, monetary award) <br /> • Member of Phi Beta Kappa Society <br /> • Member of Order of the Golden Fleece honor society of UNC-Chapel Hill <br /> • Member of Golden Key International Honour Society <br /> Performed and Lead Workshops at the following <br /> colleges/universities:Duke UniversityUniversity of Connecticut <br /> University of Hawaii <br /> University of New Hampshire <br /> University of California at Merced <br /> University of Washington Tacoma <br />