11 Facts About Chinaka Hodge

Chinaka Hodge was born on 1984 and is an American poet, educator, playwright and screenwriter.

Chinaka Hodge has received national recognition for her publications, especially her artistic work on gentrification.

Chinaka Hodge was born in Oakland, California and lived in various neighborhoods of the city throughout the course of her childhood.

In May 2006, Hodge graduated from NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, and was honored to be the student speaker at the 174th Commencement exercise.

Four years later, Chinaka Hodge received USC's Annenberg Fellowship to continue her studies at its School of Cinematic Arts.

Chinaka Hodge received her MFA in Writing for Film and TV in 2012.

Chinaka Hodge was a 2012 Artist in Residence at The Headlands Center for the Arts in Marin, CA.

Chinaka Hodge is in a longterm partnership with McLeod Bethel-Thompson, a gridiron football quarterback most notably with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.

Chinaka Hodge has acted in comparable capacities in New York and Los Angeles at Urban Word NYC and Get Lit: Words Ignite.

Chinaka Hodge is the author of the book Dated Emcees, a collection of poetry about urban hip-hop.

Chinaka Hodge is a founding member, along with Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, of a collaborative hip hop ensemble, The Getback.