Queena Bergen

2022-2023 Towards 2040 Creative Leaders Fellow

Queena Bergen is on a mission to become one of the influential voices in performance poetry. Turning colorful personal narratives into an epigrammatic style of rhythmic stories about the determination, perseverance, and grit she utilized to follow her dreams. Born and raised in Franklin Township, NJ she has been writing and performing spoken word since she was eight years old. Years later, her powerful use of the craft is still being recognized by institutions across the world.