Lorraine Currelley: poet, spoken word artist, Bronx Beat Poet Laureate 2020-2022, multi-genre writer, Pearls of Wisdom storyteller, educator, art/literary curator & visual artist. She is executive director for Poets Network & Exchange and has curated exhibits for Mom Egg Review (VOX), Studio Theater in Exile, & Hudson Valley MOCA. In 2017, she became the first female executive director for the Bronx Book Fair.

MS in Mental Health Counseling, Certification in Thanatology. An activist, she writes & works to change the present negative societal image and narrative on aging and mental health to a healthy paradigm on mental health and age. She resides in New York City.

Contact: https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/lorraine_currelley