Laura Secord

Laura Secord is a poet, writer, spoken word artist, storyteller and teaching artist. She earned her MFA in Creative writing from Sierra Nevada University. She has worked as a printer, union organizer, health care activist, teacher, sex-educator and nurse practitioner in community health and HIV care. A Pushcart nominee, her poems appear in Poetry , Hobo Camp Review , Shift , Simple Machines , Cahoodleloodling , Finishing Line Press , Burning House Press , Voices of Resistance , Snapdragon ,...See more

Laura Secord is a poet, writer, spoken word artist, storyteller and teaching artist. She earned her MFA in Creative writing from Sierra Nevada University. She has worked as a printer, union organizer, health care activist, teacher, sex-educator and nurse practitioner in community health and HIV care. A Pushcart nominee, her poems appear in Poetry , Hobo Camp Review , Shift , Simple Machines , Cahoodleloodling , Finishing Line Press , Burning House Press , Voices of Resistance , Snapdragon , Indolent Books , Passager , PoemMemoirStory , The Southern Women's Review , The Birmingham Weekly and Arts and Understanding . She serves the Director of Community Engagement for The Magic City Poetry Festival. She teaches poetry to vulnerable citizens in her community, produces poetry events, and maintains a lifetime commitment to sharing unvoiced stories. She lives in a purple house and walks with a leaping dog. See less