Javan (Jay) Howard is a poet and writer from The Bronx, NY. He truly believes that the lived experience is the ultimate teaching tool and uses poetry as a social forum to foster discourse about love, culture, and identity. He has previously facilitated workshops across NYC with The New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Voices UnBroken, The GO Project and Wingspan Arts. He is currently a Teaching Artist for 92nd Street Y, Teachers & Writers Collaborative and Usdan Summer Camp For The Arts. He is also the TAP Co-Director for Curricula, Mentorship & Facilitation at Community Word Project. 

Howard’s work has been featured online at WNYC News, Black Heart Magazine, Brooklyn Stories Vol. 13., Poets For Peace, Zine #2: Poems For Resilience,  Silver Rose Magazine, The Broken Plate, great weather for MEDIA, The Watershed Review, and River Mouth Review. He is a recipient of the 2022 Aspen Words Fellowship and has work forthcoming in several publications including The Minnesota Review.