peace friends.

~ my name is azmera 😊 ;

~ i am black and palestinian-american born and raised in kea’au, hawaii;

~ i am a writer, spoken word poet, musician aka the poetic theorist;

~ i am the creator of Transition Turnup! ;

~ i am a co-founding convener of Black Christians for Palestine Network;

~ i am a co-founding member of theKEEPERS global hip hop collective;

~ i am the founder + host of break the boxes, a podcast that uplifts wisdom across faith traditions;

~ i am an alumna of the fulbright u.s. student program, mcnairs scholars and upward bound;

~ i received my masters of theological studies from harvard university in 2020;

~ i received my dual bachelor of arts in visual and performing arts & social sciences psychology from the university of southern california (usc) in 2016;

~ i’m interested in: womanist studies, hip hop, theatre, and performance studies, audio- visual engineering, africana studies, cultural studies, film-sound design studies, Black & Palestinian liberation theology.