Alyesha Wise is a Poet, Teaching Artist, & TEDx Speaker from Camden, NJ. Currently residing in Los Angeles, Alyesha is the Los Angeles (Get Lit) Youth Slam Team Co-coach and Hollywood (Da Poetry Lounge) Adult Slam Team Head Coach. She is also the 2014 Hollywood Grand Slam Champion, a 3-time member of the Hollywood Slam Team, & a 2-time Women of the World Poetry Slam Finalist. Alyesha has been featured on different platforms and publications such as Huffington Post, Bustle, Afropunk, WHYY, POPSUGAR, Buzzfeed and more. Some additional highlights include a 2012 interview with Ron Howard, a 2014 inclusion in the Google Interstellar Project in conjunction with the film Interstellar, and being told by co-founder of Essence Magazine Russell Goings, “In all, you are awesome.” Her first book, Carnival, is now available.