Monique Mitchell is an internationally-acclaimed poet and creative strategist based in Los Angeles. Her poetry was commissioned by the City of Los Angeles for the 2024/2028 Cultural Olympiad. She has collaborated on global campaigns for Puma, Lexus, Maria Shriver, and Fox Network; as well as for social movements like March for Our Lives. Her poetry has garnered over 4M views online, and she successfully defended California Senate Bill 933, which allocated $50M for arts education across California.

Monique’s writing has been published in The New York Times, A24’s companion book for the Academy Award-winning film Everything Everywhere All At Once, and Cultural Weekly. She has led workshops and performed at The Getty, The Hammer, LACMA, and MOCA

In addition to her literary accomplishments, Monique served as the creative advisor and memoirist to Nana Kwame Bediako, Ghana’s CEO of the Decade and 2024 Presidential candidate.

She returned to California to work with the late showrunner, Paul Eckstein, who trained her as a Director of Development. As a brand strategist, she has written campaigns and produced live activations for Focus Features, Ovation, Peter Kim’s Golden Circle Group, and more.

Monique studied Cinema Studies & Creative Writing at Manhattanville College and Digital Marketing for Business at Stanford. When she is not reading a book, she can be found reading the heavens.