Meta Sarmiento
Meta Sarmiento is a Filipino rapper and poet born and raised in Guam and now calls Denver home. He is a finalist for the 2019 Sonia Sanchez-Langston Hughes Poetry Contest; winner of the 2019 Yes To Purpose Rap Challenge; Top 12 Finisher at 2018 WRLD UNDERGROUND MC TOURNAMENT; TEDx Speaker; 2017 National Poetry Slam Finalist with Slam Nuba; and a winner of the 2015 Spoken Word for the World contest in which he was flown to Paris, France to perform during the United Nations Climate Negotiations. His work often reflects on family, identity, love, loss, and healing.