NIA JUNE is a Baltimore native, author, filmmaker, performer, arts educator, and dancer. JUNE has been the featured performer and guest speaker at events throughout the east coast. Some of which include CityLit Festival, Artscape, Baltimore Books Festival, and Art After Hours at the Baltimore Museum of Art. When JUNE is not performing, she is teaching Dance and Poetry to youth through organizations such as Dew More Baltimore and Muse360Arts. She has work published in Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora, Lullwater Review, and FIYAH Lit Mag. JUNE's debut film, A Black Girl's Country, has been featured in many film festivals taking pace in Baltimore, MD, Houston, TX, Washington, D.C., and Falmouth, England. In 2021, the film acquired by The Baltimore Museum of Art as a part of their permanent collection. In May 2020, JUNE graduated from Towson University, where she was awarded the Presidential Scholarship from SWI for 'Excellence in Poetry.' NIA JUNE was also recognized by Baltimore Magazine as Best Poet of Baltimore 2020. Her most recent project is a collaborative collection of poetry and photography with local cinematographer, Kirby Griffin. Their book, Paper Trails of the Undying, is an illustration of Baltimore’s tenacious beauty.