Nzzy (NIH-zee) is a Jamaican-American and Southerner and interdisciplinary cultural worker whose art demonstrates the stifled desires and salvation of Black non-men in the American South.

As a poet, filmmaker, organizer, and student of apocalypticism through a bicultural lens, she entices present-day worldbuilders to reimagine their agency by flirting with the past to form crushes on the future and that make pursuing tomorrow worthwhile.

 With drawl and sincerity, Nzzy antagonizes ableism, Black femicide, imperialism, and the regional disparities that disproportionately affect Black non-men who exist below the Mason-Dixon line.

In addition to being named Atlanta's Youth Poet Laureate, Nzzy has been appointed numerous fellowships with organizations including Soul Center, National Black Arts Festival, Next Dos Film, Equity and Impact’s Transformative Leaders, Open Television, Caring Across Generations, and as an intern for Color Congress. Her work has garnered funding and grants from South Fulton Arts, (SFA), Alternate ROOTS, and We Are Family Foundation’s Youth to the Front Fund.

Nzzy is the subject of an upcoming documentary produced in partnership with South Fulton Arts and its Filmer program. Additionally, as an SFA individual partner, her first visual poetry work debuts in the fall of 2024.

Nzzy has been active in arts and culture for nearly a decade and her craft has been recognized by celebrated artists including Nile Rodgers, Pearl Cleage, and Julie Lythcott-Haims. Allen Hughes selected her as his mentee for the 2024 Unlock Her Potential cohort. Her work has been featured at the Alliance Theater, Fox Theater, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, High Museum of Art, San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, WE Day, Georgia Public Broadcasting, ACLU, and The Forum.