Toluwanimi Oluwafunmilayo Obiwole (she/her) is a Nigerian-born, Colorado-raised multidisciplinary artist, healer, educator, and organizer. She was Denver’s first Youth Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2016. Since then, she has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Ethnic Studies and has toured and performed nationally. In 2016 Obiwole co-wrote and co-starred in a play called How I Got Over which was featured at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. In 2017 she was announced as one of The Root’s 25 Young Futurists. She was a member of SLAM NUBA from 2015 to 2017 and was co-director of the organization until 2019. In 2017 Obiwole was awarded the Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award by the University of Colorado Boulder, as well as the Black Excellence Award by the University’s Black Student Alliance. She served as a board member for the city of Denver’s Commission on Cultural Affairs from 2017 to 2019. She is a two-time TEDx Mile High speaker and the author of three poetry books: OMI EBI MI (2015), How to Become a Lightning Storm (2017), and HONEY (2018).