BIO

Suzen Baraka an Emmy Award-winning poet, writer, actor and activist who has been performing live for over 17 years. Suzen's work primarily deals with the tension of being a Black and Korean woman.

As a poet, Suzen has been featured at the Nuyorican Poets Café for a number of spoken word installations, was two-time Slam Champion of the Big Mouth Bout, and whenever possible, tours nationally in a production entitled Herstory (2009-Present), a four-woman show highlighting race and gender issues.

Most recently, Suzen co-starred in Season Two of The Other Two. During the pandemic, she wrote, starred in and released VOTE, originally commissioned by Poetic People Power, directed by Jami Ramberan and published in Kevin Powell's literary anthology: 2020 The Year That Changed America. Further, she appeared in Let America Be America Again produced by Creatives4Biden and released on Election Day 2020, and featured in Ars Nova's #OATH2021. Suzen currently attends the Atlantic Acting Conservatory full time and also recently starred in Everlasting, winner of the Viewer's Choice Award at the 2020 Cannes Short Film Festival.