Joshua Bennett is a servant of the Lord. He graduated with the distinctions of Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2010, after double majoring in English and Africana Studies with minors in Spanish and History. He is a professional performance poet, and has recited his original work at events such as the Sundance Film Festival, The NAACP Image Awards, and President Obama's evening of poetry and music at the White House. In addition to being blessed with a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, Joshua was also recently awarded a Marshall Scholarship to earn a Masters of Arts in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Warwick next year, and will pursue a PhD in English from Princeton University after his time abroad. He hails from Yonkers, NY. Shout out to Brooklyn.