LaToya Kent is a Cleveland-based musician, artist, writer, and multidisciplinary healer with more than 25 years of creative practice. She performs nationally and internationally as a solo artist and with Mourning {A} BLKstar, recipients of the 2021 Cleveland Arts Prize. A co-founder of Cleveland Tapes, she is also a mindfulness educator, one of Cleveland’s first certified Black yoga teachers, and a birth doula who integrates creativity, healing, and community into all aspects of her work.