Grace Ocasio [1]
Listed as:
Poet
Public address:
Charlotte,
NC
North Carolina US
Email:
gwocasio@att.net
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?:
English
Born in:
New York
Raised in:
Hartsdale,
NY
New York
Website:
Prizes won:
A three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Grace C. Ocasio placed as a finalist in the 2016 Aesthetica Creative Writing Award in Poetry. A recipient of the 2014 North Carolina Arts Council Regional Artist Project Grant, she won honorable mention in the 2012 James Applewhite Poetry Prize, the 2011 Sonia Sanchez and Amiri Baraka Poetry Prize, and a 2011 Napa Valley Writers' Conference scholarship.
Education:
Sarah Lawrence College
What I'm reading now:
The League of Seven by
Identifies as:
African American
Prefers to work with:
At Risk Youth