Allia Abdullah-Matta
Allia Abdullah-Matta is a poet and teacher-scholar who uses creativity and artistic expression as instruments of social justice activism and transformation. She is an Associate Professor at CUNY LaGuardia, holds a graduate degree in Africana Studies from Umass Amherst, and expects to complete an MFA in Creative Writing from The City College of New York (CCNY) in 2019. Her poetry has been published in Newtown Literary, Promethean, and Marsh Hawk Review.