Poetry exists in many forms.María Fernanda performs her original poetry across the world. She enjoys crafting programs to serve the public and for special events. Her work has received multiple awards and she holds several appointments.
Appearances-
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NDR Kulture — Das Journal
Hamburg, 2025
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
Washington, 2025
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Mama Sranan
Suriname/Netherlands, 2024
Explporea poetry garden
Join Black poets and gardeners as they discuss their creative and historic connections to the gardens in our communities.
In 2024, featured discussions centered on the Trinidad, Anacostia, and Mount Pleasant neighborhoods. In 2025, the series begins in Columbia Heights with the DC Preservation League.
honoring nikki
This initiative finds its shape in the form of workshops, lectures, and readings honoring Nikki Giovanni’s presence in DC. Readings include curated artist and open mic readers/performers to widen the lens in which we remember.
The Hour
Sign up on-site to share your work aloud at Politics and Prose’s newest open mic series, created and hosted by María Fernanda! She believes that Poetry, like us, exists in many forms—spoken word, blues, performance/theatre, hip-hop, and more. Bring poems, songs, raps, monologues, positive affirmations and more!
Collaborations2025
National Museum of African American —-of History and Culture
Black Girls in Arts Spaces x Black Girls Writers Room at National Museum of Women in the Arts
Brookings Institution
2024
American Poetry Museum
American Museum of Natural History
The Writer’s Center
2023
George Washington University
Virginia G. Piper Studio Center
Simon & Schuster
Let’s Connect!
About
Services
Performances
Experience Design
Guest speaker/Moderator/Host
Locations
Washington
New York
Los Angeles
Clients
Museums
Performing Arts Center
National Initiatives
Recogniiton
Hurston/Wright Foundation
Best of the Net
Breakbeat Poets