Javon Rustin is a poet, performer, playwright, and software developer. He is a 2x HBCU graduate, receiving his Bachelors and Masters from North Carolina A&T. In the realm of poetry competitions, Javon has been a 3x national poetry slam finalist as well as a regional slam champion and regional team finalist. He has worked as a teaching artist for youth in D.C., Texas, and North Carolina. He is the current workshop facilitator for The Neighborhood Bardom, a writing workshop series held in partnership with Creative Suitland. His hobbies include reading and turning trauma into halfway decent jokes. Recent additions to his performance catalog include an hour-long one-man show held at Black Rock Theater in Germantown, MD two years running. He also co-wrote and performed Words, Wit, and Wisdom, a large-scale theatrical production displayed at The Epic Theater in Dallas, TX. Javon has been published in seven anthologies and his performances can be found on Button Poetry, Write About Now, and All Def Poetry.