Rochelle Ward is a poet and educator, who started writing poetry while attending the St. Maarten Academy, the school where she now teaches English and Literature. The recipient of the 2004 Hilary Becker Poetry Award holds a BA in English and Communications from Pace University and completed MFA-level creative writing courses at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad. Ward has recited her poetry at slams and literary festivals in Anguilla, Dominica, St. Maarten and Nevis. Her poetry appears in the anthology, Where I See the Sun—Contemporary Poetry in St. Martin (2013), published by House of Nehesi Publishers.
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