10 Facts About Yolanda Wisher

Yolanda Wisher was born on 1976 and is an American poet, educator and spoken word artist who focuses on the experience of being African-American.

Yolanda Wisher is a graduate of Temple University and was selected as the third Poet Laureate of Philadelphia in 2016.

Yolanda Wisher was born in Philadelphia and grew up in North Wales, Pennsylvania.

Yolanda Wisher studied English and Black Studies, obtaining her BA in English and Black Studies from Lafayette College.

Yolanda Wisher received her MA in creative writing from Temple University in 2000.

Yolanda Wisher was the founder and director of the Germantown Poetry Festival, a local poetry event in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia from 2006 to 2010.

Yolanda Wisher frequently plays music with her band "Yolanda Wisher and the Quick Fixx".

Yolanda Wisher was chosen as the poet laureate of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1999 and later selected as the third poet laureate of Philadelphia in 2016, by mayor-elect Jim Kenney.

Yolanda Wisher was a fellow of the Cave Canem Foundation from 1999 to 2000 and has published in their anthology Gathering Ground.

Yolanda Wisher received a Leeway Art and Change grant in 2008.