Gha’il Rhodes Benjamin is an award winning spoken-word performance and recording artist, self-empowerment speaker and educator. Her collaboration with Jeff Haynes on the CD, Storm King, with the late, great, Pete Seeger, was nominated for a Grammy in 2014, and won the Audio Book of the Year Award from Publishers Weekly, the Nappa Silver Award and the Audio Files Earphone Award Gha’il coaches and facilitates an array of creative writing, acting and self-empowerment workshops, encouraging participants of all ages to speak their truths forward with boldness. The lyrics and vocals of her poemologue, “She got burned” was featured in a broadcast award-winning PSA to promote domestic violence awareness. Via her own production company, Talking Poems and Storytelling Productions, Gha’il creates customized poetry for any occasion and her CD, Spiritual Eclipse/Sacred moments on a string of words continues to inspire, encourage and uplift audiences throughout the USA and abroad.