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A Mississippi native, Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond is a published poet, master educator, community arts organizer, and successful entrepreneur. Treasure was raised in the federal housing projects, and went on to be signed to M.C. Hammer’s label as a hip hop artist, and writer. She is the author of chop: a collection of kwansabas for fannie lou hamer (2015). Dr. Redmond has co-founded Fannie Lou Hamer House, a retreat space for Black artists, and is the founder of Feminine Pronoun Consultants, LLC, and How To Find Scholarships Parent Academy. Dr. Redmond was recently named a post doctoral fellow of literary executorship for the estate of Dr. Eugene B. Redmond and the late Henry Dumas.