Tyler French is the co-creator and baker for Queer Cookies, a poetry slam series and bake sale for queer-identified poets in Washington, DC. Before moving to Providence, RI, he featured at poetry and performance series around DC including La-Ti-Do and Sparkle: Queer Open Mic. Currently, Tyler is pursuing a graduate degree in public humanities from Brown University where he is interested in exploring the connections between arts programming and social change.