Bio
As a lover of all things creative, Jacinta V. White merges her perspective as an artist, professional, and community advocate for change. Jacinta is sought out to work with others on better understanding the role and value of arts in our lives for healing and to build community.
Jacinta has her BA in Speech Communications from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. And after receiving her MPA in Nonprofit Management from Georgia State University, she decided to redirect her love for art and community by starting The Word Project, a company through which she offers writing and creative workshops to help individuals and groups process tough issues. The Word Project also publishes the international, online quarterly Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing.
Also a corporate trainer, first with Forsyth Tech Community College, and now on her own with Deeper Dive Consulting, Jacinta works with organizations and companies like EMC Arts, Kramer Leadership, UNCSA, and the City of Winston-Salem by offering leadership development training and coaching.
(Visit both The Word Project and Deeper Dive Consulting websites for more.)
Jacinta has her BA in Speech Communications from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. And after receiving her MPA in Nonprofit Management from Georgia State University, she decided to redirect her love for art and community by starting The Word Project, a company through which she offers writing and creative workshops to help individuals and groups process tough issues. The Word Project also publishes the international, online quarterly Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing.
Also a corporate trainer, first with Forsyth Tech Community College, and now on her own with Deeper Dive Consulting, Jacinta works with organizations and companies like EMC Arts, Kramer Leadership, UNCSA, and the City of Winston-Salem by offering leadership development training and coaching.
(Visit both The Word Project and Deeper Dive Consulting websites for more.)
Poetry
Jacinta has studied Poetry Therapy with Dr. Sherry Reiter of the Creative Righting Center and has facilitated alongside of nationally renowned John Fox of the Institute for Poetic Medicine. She has studied poetry with the likes of Terrance Hayes, Stuart Dischell, Cecilia Woloch, and Morri Creech. A teacher of "poetry as healer," Jacinta has worked with nearly 50 organizations (see list here) using poetry as a catalyst for self-discovery and healing!
Jacinta's latest collection of poems, Resurrecting the Bones: Born from a Journey through African American Churches & Cemeteries of the Rural South (Press 53), was published Sept. 2019, and is receiving wide attention. Find out more about that here!
Jacinta is widely published works include poetry in THIS Magazine (2015), Blackberry: a magazine (2015), New Verse News (2014), Typoetic.us (2014), Prime Number Magazine (2014), What Matters Anthology (Jacar Press, 2013), Press 53 Open Awards Anthology (2008) as its first prize winner.
Her chapbook, broken ritual was published by Finishing Line Press (2012), and she's a contributor to My Soul to His Spirit: Soulful Writings of African American Daughters to Their Fathers (SoulDictates, 2005), and editor of Walking With God (Duncan & Duncan, 1996).
Jacinta's latest collection of poems, Resurrecting the Bones: Born from a Journey through African American Churches & Cemeteries of the Rural South (Press 53), was published Sept. 2019, and is receiving wide attention. Find out more about that here!
Jacinta is widely published works include poetry in THIS Magazine (2015), Blackberry: a magazine (2015), New Verse News (2014), Typoetic.us (2014), Prime Number Magazine (2014), What Matters Anthology (Jacar Press, 2013), Press 53 Open Awards Anthology (2008) as its first prize winner.
Her chapbook, broken ritual was published by Finishing Line Press (2012), and she's a contributor to My Soul to His Spirit: Soulful Writings of African American Daughters to Their Fathers (SoulDictates, 2005), and editor of Walking With God (Duncan & Duncan, 1996).
Grants & Awards:
Memberships & Volunteerism:
Certifications:
- Recipient, City of Winston-Salem Outstanding Women Leaders Award, 2020
- Recipient, 100 W Corsicana Residency, TX, 2017
- Recipient, The Palm Beach Poetry Festival African American Fellowship, 2017
- Recipient, Duke Energy Regional Grant, supported by The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, Duke Energy and the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, 2016-17
- Grant, The Institute for Poetic Medicine, Juvenile Detention Center Poetry Series, 2011
- Partial scholarship, Transformative Language Arts Conference, Vermont, 2010
- Partial scholarship, National Association of Poetry Therapy, 2009
- First place award winner in poetry, Press 53, 2008
- Grant, Fondue Fund, Greensboro, NC, 2008
- Partial scholarship, Writer’s Abroad Conference, Thailand, 2007
- Fellowship, NC Writers’ Network Spring Conference for Writers, Greensboro, NC, 2007
- Fellowship, Idyllwild Creative Writing Program, Idyllwild, CA, 2004
Memberships & Volunteerism:
- Trustee, Arts Council of Winston-Salem/Forsyth Co., present
- Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Chair, Board of Directors, Moulin Belle, present
- NC Arts Council Teaching Artist, present
- Member, NC Writers' Network, present
- Member, NC Poetry Society, present
- Advisory Board member, Salem College's Center for Women Writers, 2016-2019
- Volunteer Coordinator, One City One Prompt, Transformative Language Arts Network, 2015-2016
- Advisory Board member, Shugart Women's Center, Forsyth Tech Community College, 2014-2016
- Board member, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 2014-2016
Certifications:
- Restorative Practice Facilitator, Restorative Now
- Wellness Coach, Certified Coaching Alliance
- Leadership Coach, Certified Coaching Alliance
- Core Strengths Accountability Facilitator, PSP
- DiSC Personality Assessment Facilitator, Success Seminars Institute
- DDI Facilitator, Development Dimensions International
- Diversity & Inclusion, Purdue University
- TimeSlips Storytelling Facilitator, Center for Creative Aging—NC
- Alzheimer’s Poetry Project Facilitator, Alzheimer’s Poetry Project
