Terisa Siagatonu

Terisa Tinei Siagatonu is a Samoan poet, and community organizer.[1] [2][3] In 2012, she was awarded a Champion of Change Award.[4]

reading at Split this Rock 2018 poetry festival, Washington, D.C.

Life

She graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and University of Southern California. She was Project Director for the Pacific Islander Education and Retention project (PIER) at University of California, Los Angeles.[5]

She is a slam poet, and coach.[6] She appeared at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[7][8][9]

Works

References
  1. Foundation, Poetry (2020-05-22). "Terisa Siagatonu". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  2. Poets, Academy of American. "About Terisa Siagatonu | Academy of American Poets". poets.org. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  3. "'The Reason Why Land Has a Pulse in the First Place'". KQED. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  4. "Terisa Siagatonu > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences". dornsifelive.usc.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  5. "Terisa tinei siagatonu". The White House. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  6. "Student speaks her mind, finds home in open-mic poetry". Daily Bruin. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  7. "Terisa Siagatonu > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences". dornsifelive.usc.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  8. Cohan, Ellen (2016-04-25). "Terisa Siagatonu". Climate One. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  9. "Pacific Islander Poets Use Art, Stories to Urge Climate Action at UN Conference". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
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