Jasmine Gardosi is a former Birmingham Poet Laureate and an Honorary Doctor of Letters. They are a multiple slam champion, beatboxer, winner of the Out-Spoken Prize for Poetry and winner of the Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Performer. Their work exploring beatbox poetry, neurodivergence, LGBTQ identity and mental health has appeared on Button Poetry, at the Tate Modern, Glastonbury Festival, Symphony Hall, BBC, Sky Arts and PBS America. Their poetry/beatbox/Celtic Dubstep show about gender identity, ‘Dancing To Music You Hate’, won the Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Show and toured to the Philippines with the British Council.