Azmera Hammouri-Davis is a writer, public speaker, spoken word poet, systems-change leader and lived theologian. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Southern California, she is passionate about reimagining public health and education through creativity, culture, and spiritual care. As the granddaughter of a Palestinian refugee and Black Americans who fled the American South in search of a better life, her forthcoming creative nonfiction book integrates the arts, theology, and cultural studies to address generational trauma and restore dignity in impacted communities. At USC she founded the Break The Boxes movement, promoting social change through the healing power of Capoeira and poetry. She also became one of the first Black women to attain a Creative & Performing Arts Fulbright Research Fellowship, where she studied abroad in Salvador Bahia, Brazil. Her work has been featured in Ms. Magazine, Interfaith America, Sojourners and published in eight languages. She is the founder of The Capoethic Method, LLC and is the author of Breaking the Boxes: Poems for Keeping Hope Alive When Your Faith is Fractured.
