Asantewaa Boykin. R.N, M.I.C.N is the Daughter of Valerie Boykin, Granddaughter of Bertha Brandy and Gladys Boykin and the Great-Granddaughter of Nonnie Boykin and Drucella Bluford. She is a proud San Diego, CA native who found her voice in Oakland, CA Berthas' home and Drucellas' frontier. Her poetry combines her love of words, storytelling, and resistance. Exploring topics like; space- travel, black-femme militancy and motherhood. The intersection of Art and Resistance is where Asasntewaa feels most at home. As a Creative she has found joy creating across mediums, while stacking words into poems, short stories and essays remains her first love. Asantewaa is a Co-founder of APTP (Anti Police-Terror Project) an organization committed to the eradication of police terror in all of its forms.