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ELISABET VELASQUEZ is Latina writer, poet, feminist, from Bushwick, Brooklyn. Elisabet writes about her experiences as a woman and encourages other women to own their purpose. Elisabet first began performing her poetry at the legendary Nuyorican Poets Café and in 2009 earned a spot on the coveted Nuyorican National Slam Team which achieved 4th place in the Nation.She is a VONA/Voices Alum 2016. Velasquez has performed on various stages and Universities around the country, including Lincoln Center, Pregones Theatre, The Bushwick Starr Theatre, Rutgers University, Williams College, Aldephi University and Pace University. She has featured at The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, The Bowery Poetry Club, Brooklyn Museum and many other prestigious venues in The United States. Her work has been published by Muzzle Magazine, Centro Voces and Elephant Journal. She is the author of the chapbook PTSD. She is currently working on a one woman play and a weekly poetry series titled Pain to Poetry in which she reclaims painful personal experiences and repurposes them into a conduit of personal power and purpose.