representing planet forward as correspondent, mykah scott is a tuskegee university student in her junior year studying political science and english, while minoring in creative writing. in addition to pursuing her degree, she has a passion for drawing and poetic storytelling. not only has she been on a slam poetry team in houston, tx, she is currently a member of the afrofuturism collective of the american bird conservancy, in which she will use visual art and poetry to explore how themes in the african diaspora connect to ecology in historical and contemporary contexts.

her poem, we play in ashtrays, is a multimedia story with satirical metaphors and raw imagery that reflects on how pollution and greed have negatively impacted marginalized communities. scott uses her sketches and poetic words to attract different audiences and address her concerns about environmental racism and air pollution through vivid imagery.