Bio for Shannon K. Lockhart

Shannon is a licensed clinical social worker, human rights activist, and visual artist who, in the last several years has embarked on her newest journey as a poet. She is a native of Louisville, KY, but spent 12 years working with indigenous communities, genocide survivors, and other human rights activists in Guatemala before returning to the U.S. with her family. She is now a therapist working to decolonize the field, and juggles many roles, but the moat important one is being a mother who is trying to impart joy, healing, gratitude, and respect for the unexpected bumps along the road. Shannon has published her poetry online with Rebelle Society and Women's Spiritual Poetry, and in print, in four anthologies of DoveTales, published by the group, Writing for Peace. She is also a new member of the poetry group Tesoro, who is setting the universe on fire. She can frequently be found drumming in parks with her family, drawing, or reading her poetry at the Urban Goatwalker Coffeehouse in the Phoenix Hill neighborhood.

Her visual art has found good homes in private collections in Guatemala, Spain, Mexico, Canada, and at least half of the U.S.