Sannii Crespina-flores

Sannii Crespina-Flores has been a teaching artist, advocate, and activist for youth and women for more than twenty years, but it is the space between pen and paper that she finds sanctuary. A member of the Writers Guild of America(East) Indie Caucus and founder of the Un-Inhibited Muse Film Festival, the global youth initiative Do Remember Me, and the art collaborative Yram Collective, she is committed to building community, sharing the art of storytelling, and bearing witness through archiving. She has received grants and awards to create works for independent television and cultural organizations. She has written two books of poetry, an audiobook that debuted in South Africa and London, and a book of short stories currently on Amazon Books. She has screened work at the 60th Cannes Film Festival and was awarded the grand prize for the short story challenge at the 15th Sundance Film Festivals and her work has been published in 50 in 50: Letters to Our Daughters, Black Female Photographers, midnight & indigo, Root Journal and received the MVICW Author and Barbara Neely Fellowship. She has also contributed to academic publications and created learning guides for TED-Ed, National Geographic, and the Hip Hop Education Center.