Nicole Shanté White is definitely the quiet one yo mama warned you about. She is a cluster of Midwest accents and Southern hospitality. Currently residing in Brooklyn, Nicole Shanté writes, dances, and teaches from a black queer womanist lens. A recipient of Poets House's 2016 Emerging Poet Fellowship, her work has been published by gracious folks at Wussy Mag, The Feminist Wire, 92Y, and Wall Street. She'd rather you be impressed by her functional addiction to ice cream and her deliberate decision to breathe.