Featured in The Guardian, Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Reader, on HBO, WBEZ, WTTW, and on international television and radio, multidisciplinary artist Nikki Patin has been writing since she was 7. In 2014, Patin addressed the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on behalf of Black women and girl survivors of sexual violence. Nikki Patin holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from the University of Southern Main. She is the Founder and Executive Producer of Surviving the Mic, an Elastic Arts Dark Matter Arts Resident, and the recipient of the 2024 Leadership Award from The Network. Patin’s debut memoir, Working on Me, was recently released on Vine Leaves Press. Patin serves as a consultant for several non-profit organizations, including Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights and Chicago Freedom School.