Poet: Having written poetry since I was a child and performed poetry for the past 14 years, I have made my focus reaching other people through my work, not to illicit a knee jerk reaction but to connect with someone at their core and give them a new way to see things.Host: I began hosting the open mic at Under One Roof as a fill-in some time ago, & ever since then I realized being a host was a natural fit for me. More than calling people up to the stage, I charge them as well as the crowd, helping them to engage one another and evoking a sense of community that will hopefully last past the moment. I engage my crowd as well as my performers, because giving acknowledgement is a necessary ability when hosting.Workshop Facilitator: When giving a workshop I encourage the student's subconscious to emerge, giving them the opportunity to write with honesty and with as little pretension as possible. From there I provide exercises to stretch and challenge creativity and take the writer out o