Jeni De La O is an Afro-Cuban poet and storyteller living in Detroit. She is a 2021 Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellow, a founding member of The Estuary Collective, and the Associate Editor at Frontier Poetry. She writes the BROWN STUDY at The Poetry Question and her chapbook, SOFIAS, won the inaugural Tiran Burrell Chapbook Prize from Knights Library Magazine. Jeni has told stories with The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers, Lamplight Festival, MouthPiece Stories, and The Moth MainStage. Her poetry has appeared in Poet Lore, Columbia Journal, Sugar House Review, and elsewhere. Jeni's debut poetry film, "every diaspora poem is about mangos" was co-created with REEL CLEVER FILMS and premiered in the Spring of 2022 and screened at IFFY. Follow her on twitter @jenidelao and check out her work at jenidelao.com