Poet/Spokenword artist with a Jazz ensemble, and environmental activist active in East and West Africa, Bangladesh and the USA.

Education: BA Double major in English & Theater/Speech
Certificates in Process Oriented Psychology

Religion: Buddhist Vipassana Meditation

Political Views: Beyond the left/right paradigm.

Favorite Quotes: "Everybody talking about heaven aint going there."
"Even the devil can tell the truth. Just make sure he don't use it against you!"
"There are spaces in the heart as vast as the Universe."
"I am because you are."
"The only sanctuary is compassionate action."
"All my relations (animal, vegetable, mineral, the leaves of grass to distant constellations)"

Interests: Music: jazz, blues, Latin, Flamenco, African, Classical Indian, World music
The environment, Permaculture, Camping, Canoeing, Hiking
Buddhism, Native American Spirituality, Yoruba spirituality,
Performing Spokenword with musicians
Reading and films
Veganism