Staceyann Chin

Staceyann Chin is a poet, an actor, and a performing artist who has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and 60 Minutes. The author of the critically acclaimed memoir The Other Side of Paradise, she co-wrote and performed in the Tony Award-winning Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. Her poetry has been featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post. She proudly identifies as Caribbean, Black, Asian, lesbian, a woman, and a resident of New York City, as well as a Jamaican national.

Staceyann Chin is a poet, an actor, and a performing artist who has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and 60 Minutes. The author of the critically acclaimed memoir The Other Side of Paradise, she co-wrote and performed in the Tony Award-winning Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. Her poetry has been featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post. She proudly identifies as Caribbean, Black, Asian, lesbian, a woman, and a resident of New York City, as well as a Jamaican national. See less