Deonte Osayande is a poet and youth activist from Detroit, Mi. A former Presidential Ambassador for the University of Detroit Mercy, he is a two time Dudley Randall Poetry Contest winner, one of the victors of Wayne Literary Review's 2011 Poetry Contest and many other achievements. His poems appear in Quantum Poetry Magazine, Requiem Magazine, Emerge Literary Journal, Wayne Literary Review, Red Poppy Review, Front Porch Review and many others. He is a writer in residence with Inside Out Detroit, and has a B.A. in Elementary Education and is finishing a M.A. in Liberal Studies, both at the University of Detroit Mercy.