Poet

Tureeda Mikell

Tureeda Mikell will be contributing a new work of poetry to the “Breaking Down Walls” event.

Tureeda is a Bay Area writing project teacher consultant, Story Medicine Woman, published poet and writer, Qigong Healer, lyricist, astrologer, and performance artist. She has published 72 CA Poets in the Schools student anthologies since 1989. Mikell has performed at Lawrence Hall and Golden Gate Academy of Sciences, MoAD, Randell, Oakland, and The DeYoung Museums. She has been featured storyteller for the National Association of Black Storytellers. Her book, Synchronicity: Oracles of Sun Medicine, was published 2020 by Nomadic Press.