~ hi there, my name is azmera š ;
~ i am african-american and palestinian-american from kea’au, hi;
~ i am a performing poet, and emcee under the monikersĀ azmera rhymes and the poetic theorist;
~ i lead community partnerships atĀ harvard radcliffe institute;
~ i advise first-year students in their transition to college at harvard dean of students office
~ i am a co-founding member of theKEEPERS hip hop collective;
~ i produce + host a podcast called break the boxes: stories that teaches about wisdom from across faith traditions and generations;
~ i was the founding convener of the black christians for palestine network;
~ i am an alumna of the fulbright u.s. student program, ronald mcnairs scholars and upward bound trio program;
~ i received my masters of theological studies from harvard university in 2020;
~ i received my bachelor of arts in visual and performing arts from the university of southern california (usc) in 2016;
~ iām interested in: womanist, practical and liberation theology, hip hop and performance studies, audio- visual engineering, africana studies, cultural studies, film-sound design studies.