Jovan Mays(2017)
POET
Jovan Mays is the emeritus Poet Laureate of Aurora, Colorado, a National Poetry Slam Champion, Curator of A Story, a student narrative project in Aurora Public Schools, a TED Speaker and Director of Your Writing Counts, a youth poetry program throughout the Denver Metro that engages just over 200,000 students annually.
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