Wordfetti Open Mic

As member of FLOW (For Love of Writing), Chirskira Caillouet endeavors to strengthen her prose and build a solid network of phenomenal writers. Her writings mostly include poetry as published in various college literary magazines and Young Chicago Authors’ "Say What" magazine.

More than a page poet, Chirskira takes the stage, displaying her spoken word skillsto multiple audiences from elementary schools to college and universities. In 2009, Chirskira self-published Honey Licorice (available on lulu.com) and learned to create e-books.  In 2014, Chirskira was one of a select group of spoken word artists to participate in the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards for which she became a semi-finalist.

After graduating from Benedictine University, Chirskira continued her education at Northeastern Illinois University where she  earned  a Masters of Arts in Teaching in Elementary Language Arts.  She currently holds a certificate in Spoken Word Pedagogy at Concordia University.

Her travels include assisting in building a home with Habitat for Humanity in El Paso,Texas, rebuilding communities in Pecan Island and New Orleans, Louisiana after the destruction ofHurricane Katrina, and caring for children in Sucre, Bolivia.