Elizabeth Acevedo is the daughter of Dominican immigrants, proudly born and raised in the heart of New York City. Through poetry that is infused with hip-hop and bolero, she uses her words as a way to translate the world. She holds a BA in Performing Arts from The George Washington University (2010) and is currently in the MFA program at The University of Maryland. She has been a featured poet at The Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts, The Kodak Theatre, Madison Square Garden and has performed live on BET, Mun2, and Current's, Lyric Café.

Elizabeth has been published in Off the Subject: The Words of Lyrical Circle, and The Acentos Review. She is a CantoMundo Fellow of 2012 and a member of the 2013 Callaloo Writer's Workshop.

In this incredible piece of spoken word poetry, Elizabeth talks about being present, and how that allows us to interact with each other.

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