Leticia Guzman is a chicana poet, educator and organizer from Hayward, California. Her work is featured in Between my body and the air poetry anthology by Youth Speaks, PODERISTAS media, a community built to celebrate Latina culture and is also featured in The Offing Literary Magazine. Leticia is a teaching artist at Youth Speaks, one of the world’s leading presenters of spoken word performance, education, and youth development programs. Leticia uses spoken word to empower her inner child and hopes to help uplift others.