Statement of Work

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Nasir Anthony Montalvo (b.1999) is an award-winning transdisciplinary journalist and memory worker based in Kansas City, MO. Montalvo uses archival praxis, digital media, popular education and the written word to move Black diasporic audiences towards life and a true dream beyond social platitudes. Montalvo currently holds a two-year writing residency at Charlotte Street; and has been awarded fellowships with The Opportunity Agenda, Diaspora Solidarities Lab, and the Solutions Journalism Network. Montalvo and their work has been published in The Advocate, NPR, Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan, HelloGiggles, and KC Studio. Montalvo is most recently founder of {B/qKC}: an archive of Black queer midwestern history building power across Black queer generations, accessibly storytelling through digital media and artistic installations, and fighting fascist indoctrination in Missouri. Montalvo is queer, Afro-Boricane, and from Kissimmee, Florida.