Baba's American Dream by Marjan Naderi | Passing The Mic '21

Marjan Naderi performs Baba's American Dream at The 15th Passing The Mic hosted by OMAI First Wave at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mathew Thompson from the 14th Cohort acts in the reading.
Marjan Naderi, the 2020 D.C. Youth Poet Laureate, is an Afghan-American writer and educator based in Washington, D.C. As a 6-time Poetry Grand Slam Champion, Naderi has been featured on NowThis News, The Washington Post, NPR, The United Nations Girl Up Campaign, NBC News, Amazon Prime, The Kennedy Center, D.C. United, Nike, The U.S. Institute of Peace, and more. Her writing has been recognized by The Adroit Journal, Brave New Voices, The Split This Rock Database, and The National YoungArts Foundation where she was nominated for the 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts Award. Her first chapbook, Bloodline, was released in 2019.
As an educator, Naderi has facilitated writing workshops across the nation. She taught Quranic Studies at The Afghan Academy and founded the Washington International Academy Library. She's currently working with international non-profits to build schools and libraries in Afghanistan and The Gambia. Her work is featured in curricula including Fairfax County Public Schools, L.M.S. Voice, Bryant University, The University of Virginia, and more.
Naderi, 19, now attends The University of Wisconsin-Madison as a First Wave Scholar of the 14th Cohort.Visit her work online at: marjaanxpoetry.com.
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