An advocate for community arts and youth projects. Desree started an open mic night back in her home town of Slough with the sole purpose of empowering individuals of all ages. It was in the open mic night that Desree performed spoken words on stake for the first time. She has been featured at events such as Word up,Extra second london, Headspin, Speakeasy, Word on the street, Heaux noire: the open mic night for Woc by Woc and green belt festival in Kettering and now she here today on the Tedx stage.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx