Nikkita Oliver

Nikkita Oliver is a Seattle-based creative, anti-racist organizer, and attorney. She is currently completing a Masters of Education at the University of Washington. She is also a writer-in-residence with Writers in the Schools, leads writing workshops with Arts Corp, and is a case manager with Creative Justice, an arts based alternative to incarceration. She is the 2015 recipient of the Seattle Office of Civil Rights Artist Human Rights Leader Award, the 2014 Seattle Poetry Slam (SPS) Grand Slam Champion, the 2013, 2014 and 2016 SPS Women of the World Poetry Slam representative, and a three time National SPS team member.