Marquesha Babers

Our guest today is  poet, artist, mentor, public speaker, actor, Marquesha Babers. She was 15 years old and experiencing homelessnesss on the streets of Hollywood, when she met the filmmakers working on what would become a new documentary called AMERICAN STREET KID. Since then she’s performed on VH1's Verses & Flow, been featured in The New York Times, and performed for global icons like Angelina Jolie, Hillary Clinton, Princess Reema Al Sah-ood of Saudi Arabia, and Freida Pinto.

She studied poetry for four years with the youth poetry group GET LIT. Next year you’ll be able to see her a new film called SUMMERTIME, where she stars in a role based on one of her poems. 

Marquesha’s Twitter is @LADI3LYRIX

Follow the doc at @AmericanStKid

Instagram: @americanstreetkid

Stream American Street Kid at https://www.americanstreetkid.com/stream-now 

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