Tuscaloosa-based poet Joshua Baker is a Huntsville native and MSW graduate from Alabama A&M University. His passions lie in minority mental health and LGBTQIA+ advocacy. He has had the opportunity to feature at Out Loud HSV and perform at 100 Thousand Poets for Change Birmingham. He has had work published in Out Loud! HSV: A Year in Review (2016-2019), Aura Literary Arts Review, and Hypertrophic Press. Baker was a member of Out Loud HSV's 2018 Poetry Slam Team and has led various poetry workshops rooted in harnessing the power that lies in our Joy, our identity, and our immutable truths. In 2020, Baker was selected as the Editor’s Choice Winner for the Button Poetry Video Contest. He loves. He tells stories. And on most days, that's enough to foot the bill.