Eileen Carole is a powerful poet and storyteller originally from Los Angeles, now making her creative home in San Diego. A longtime advocate for the written word, Eileen co-founded The Writers Corner in Los Angeles, a dynamic collective that empowered emerging voices and resulted in the self-publication of 17 unique anthologies. Her poetry is rooted in truth, cultural reflection, and social consciousness, often bridging personal experience with larger community narratives.

Today, Eileen draws from her rich body of work to speak on the themes of identity, community, and justice. She will be sharing pieces from her anthology Once Upon a Poem, and exploring the meaning of community through her collections Kwanzaa Pages and The Color of Blackness. She will also reflect on consciousness and activism with selections from The End of an Error and her Black Lives Matter-inspired anthology, Black & Blue.

Eileen Carole continues to use her voice and poetry to spark dialogue, preserve history, and uplift the lived experiences of Black people with clarity, courage, and grace.