Cheeraz Gormon

Community Engagement Strategist (2021-2022)

Described as a multipotentialite, St. Louis native Cheeraz Gormon is a cross genre writer, multi-medium storyteller, and public speaker whose work spans across the art forms of poetry, essay writing, photography, film production, music, and advertising. She is a community centered social entrepreneur devoted to the visibility, care, and healing of underserved, and marginalized populations.

As a poet, and storyteller, Cheeraz has opened for Dr. Cornell West, Dr. Dennis Kimbrow, and MacArthur Genius honoree Dr. Deborah Willis. She is a 2x TEDxGatewayArch speaker, and her poetry has been featured in Ebony Magazine, Huffington Post, St. Louis Public Radio, and performed on stages nationally, and internationally. For her work in, and contribution to, the literary arts, Cheeraz was selected as an apexart International Arts Fellow in 2016, named Outstanding Working Artist Honoree by the St. Louis Visionary Awards in 2018, and is a St. Louis Regional Arts Commission 2019 Artist Fellow.