Anna Maria Morris (she/her) is a multidisciplinary creative originally from Third Ward, Houston, TX. After graduating with honors and earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts, she relocated to Los Angeles, CA. Anna Maria has performed at a variety of open mics, slams, and features hosted by Write About Now Poetry, UH CoogSlam, and Coast2Soul Poetry. She has been published in Defunkt Magazine, The Vital Sparks, and Poet’s Choice. In addition to poetry, Anna Maria is a proud member of the Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.
More of her work can be found on her website www.annamariamorris.com Anna Maria is continuously inspired by the resilience of her community.
She writes poetry as an act of resistance, as a way to radically claim her own joy and sorrows. She reads poetry as a reminder that even in the midst of tragedy there is beauty somewhere in the words.