Aman K. Batra (she/they) is a poet, educator, and creative facilitator from Artesia, California. Her work lives at the intersections of queerness, Punjabi-American identity, and radical imagination. She creates art for her community and her people—work grounded in intergenerational healing, womanhood, and collective liberation.
With early roots in live poetry and performance spaces, Aman has performed at over 100 venues across North America and abroad. She is a National Poetry Slam finalist, TEDx speaker, and alum of the Da Poetry Lounge Slam Teams. Her work has been featured on platforms such as Button Poetry and All Def Poetry, and in outlets including The Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, and the Fight Evil With Poetry anthology.
Beyond the page and the stage, Aman is an educator whose practice centers narrative storytelling, intentional writing, and poetic craft. She offers one-on-one coaching and designs learning frameworks and workshops across nonprofit institutions, schools, colleges, and carceral settings. During her tenure at Get Lit – Words Ignite, she served as a Youth Development Coach and Manager of Education, coaching youth poets and contributing to curriculum and program design. Many of the artists she has mentored have gone on to attend top universities and receive regional and national honors, including United States and Los Angeles Youth Poet Laureate.
As a creative facilitator and producer, Aman builds and guides learning spaces where art, dialogue, and collective inquiry meet. She has curated multi-day programs, produced large-scale events, and facilitated public conversations that invite artists, students, and community members into shared reflection around social responsibility. As a host and moderator, she guides conversations with care, clarity, and courage.
She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University and a BA in English (Creative Writing) from UCLA.
