Edmonton's New Youth Poet Laureate is Nasra Adem!

The founder of Sister 2 Sister "a monthly showcase of women artists of colour," Nasra Adem's new role as Youth Poet Laureate means that she must write at least two original poems during the two year term. She is Edmonton's second Youth Poet Laureate. More via Huffington Post Alberta:

Poet Nasra Adem says Edmonton didn't begin to feel like home until she found the city's arts community.

Now, she wants to help other young people fall in love with the spoken word.

On Wednesday, Adem was named the city's second-ever Youth Poet Laureate. She told The Huffington Post Alberta that when she received a phone call with the news she "just yelled for a really, really long time."

The 22-year-old multidisciplinary artist, who has performed at a number of poetry and spoken word festivals around Canada, says it took her some time to warm up to Edmonton.

"Coming to Edmonton was a huge culture shock," says Adem.

She was born in Calgary and moved to Ontario when she was two years old. As a child, she split her time between Toronto and Ottawa, before her family moved to Edmonton when she was in junior high.

"It was really hard to adjust for the first four years. Where I grew up was predominantly East African, Middle Eastern families. That was my whole elementary school," she explained.

Continue at Huffington Post Alberta.