Kira Lynne Allen (she/her) is a poet, an artivist, an advocate, and a Certified InterPlay Leader who specializes in leading EMBBODI attunement sessions with women and gender expansive folx. Her book, Write This Second: A Poetic Memoir, is a truth-telling, visceral story of survival and an urgent, triumphant call to break the silence impacting generations of survivors. Ms. Kira’s goal in bearing witness to her own traumas and triumphs is to cultivate sacred creative circles that empower and inspire her community. She is a VONA Voices Fellow, a Poetry for the People alumna, and a contributor to All the Women in My Family Sing, Tayo Literary Magazine, and Endangered Species, Enduring Values. She has a BA in Creative Writing from Mills College and an MA in Transformative Arts from JFK University. Kira grew up in the Bay Area and raised two brave, brilliant, resilient daughters in unceded Ohlone land/ Oakland, CA; where she still lives with her partner Kat.