Summary: Jennifer Lisa Vest s a mixedblood feminist poet and philosopher born and raised in Chicago. She has had her poetry published in five journals and five anthologies and has performed at poetry readings and protests throughout the country. Her first book of poetry NAMES was published by a small press, Indigenous Speak, in Berkeley, CA in 1997. Throughout the 90s, Jennifer organized a number of mixed race arts collectives and produced mixed media mixed race arts performances in San Francisco and Berkeley. IN 2005 and 2006 she completed three poetry CDs: Camping at A distance, Ancestor Count, and Wonder Woman. She has a website at www. Mxdmessages.com and a blog, â??Mixed Messagesâ?? at http://mxdmessages.blogspot.com. Videos of her performing her poetry can be found on youtube under username mxdpoet Dr. Vest is also Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Central Florida in Orlando where she teaches Native American philosophy, African philosophy, and feminist philosophy among other things. Her research areas include cross-cultural philosophy, African philosophy, Native American, and mixed race feminism.
