Sequoia Olivia Mercier
Sequoia Olivia Mercier is a poet, community organizer, mother, and mental health facilitator. She is a Harlem, New York native who has lived in Los Angeles for the majority of her life. She is a member and former Executive Director of The World Stage Performance Gallery in Leimert Park, Los Angeles. Author, Midnite Rainbow, 2005
Her work appears in several other publications some of which include: Go, Tell Michelle: African American Women Write to the New First Lady (Excelsior Editions) 2009; Voices from Leimert Park 2006; Voices from Leimert Park: Redux 2017; and Angels in the Village 2000. In 2021 her Story Portrait was on display in Leimert Park and the California African American Museum as part of a collaborative art project titled, Creating Our Next L.A., organized by LA Commons / We Rise. She was chosen by the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) in September 2021 to receive an award for her poetry which appears in The Right to Heal Zine.
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