55: Liza Jessie Peterson on Amplifying Art and Rebelling Against the Status Quo through The Power of "Artivism"
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Today's guest on At the End of the Tunnel is a self-described ‘artivist'. Her name is Liza Jessie Peterson, a gifted actress, spoken word poet, playwright, author, and youth advocate. Liza grew up in West Philadelphia, graduated from Georgetown, and worked as a model in Paris before getting introduced to the New York poetry scene, where she became one of the stars of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Following her passion as a poet and an artist led her to accept a side gig; teaching poetry to k...