BIANCA VIVION BROOKS IS A WRITER, ARTIST, AND PRODUCER FROM EAST ATLANTA, GEORGIA. BORN IN LOS ANGELES AND LATER RAISED BETWEEN ATLANTA AND OAKLAND, BROOKS WAS MARKED FROM AN EARLY AGE AS AN IMAGINATIVE STORYTELLER AND FORMIDABLE CRITICAL THINKER. AT FOURTEEN, BROOKS BECAME THE YOUNGEST NEWS CORRESPONDENT TO NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, WHERE SHE WROTE WEEKLY COMMENTARIES FOR THE SHOW ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. AT 16, SHE WAS CHOSEN TO HEAD NPR’S YOUTH NEWS DESK AT THE 2012 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. AT 17, SHE BECAME THE YOUNGEST JOURNALIST EVER NOMINATED FOR THE CALIFORNIA JOURNALISM AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RADIO REPORTING. AT 18 YEARS OLD, BROOKS WENT ON TO BECOME THE YOUNGEST STAFF OPINION WRITER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES. SHE WAS A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE TIMES OPINION SECTION FOR FIVE YEARS & MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS A JUDGE FOR THE 2020 NY TIMES + CNN DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. IN 2018, BROOKS GRADUATED FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELORS OF ARTS IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND ECONOMICS. SHE NOW WORKS FULL TIME AS AN ARTIST, PRODUCER, AND CULTURAL COMMENTATOR AT VIVION CO., CONSULTING AND DESIGNING UNDER THE MONIKER ‘BIANCA VIVION’ (HER FIRST AND MIDDLE NAME) AS AN ODE TO HER 3 GRANDMOTHERS VIVION, VIVIENNE, AND VIVIAN WHOSE LIVES EMBODY AND INSPIRE A GREAT DEAL OF HER WRITING ON WOMAN AND GIRLHOOD. ALTHOUGH HER PRIMARY MEDIUM IS WRITING, BROOKS WORKS IN AN ARRAY OF OTHER MEDIA RANGING FROM POETRY TO PAINTING. YOU CAN DISCOVER VIVION’S PRODUCTION WORK ACROSS PLATFORMS. SHE HOSTS POPULAR ADVICE AND CULTURE PODCAST ASK VIV AND IN FALL 2022 PREMIERED HER TALK SHOW “GENERATIONAL ANXIETY WITH BIANCA VIVION” ON PBS ALL ARTS TV. IN DEC 2022, VIVION WILL LAUNCH HER IN PERSON TALK SERIES “REFLECTIONS” AT THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE IN BROOKLYN, NY. VIVION WELCOMES THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE ON ANY PLATFORM WHICH WELCOMES CRITICAL DIALOGUE AND INTELLECTUAL HONESTY, AS THIS IS HER FOREMOST ARTISTIC IMPERATIVE. SHE IS REPRESENTED BY JANET ROTROSEN AGENCY & APB SPEAKERS. BROOKS SITS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS & ARTISTIC COUNCIL OF THEARE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE AT POLONSKY SHAKESPEARE THEATRE AND SBA DIGITAL MUSUEM. VIVION IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A MEMOIR FEATURING A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ENTITLED SWIMMING BACKWARDS: STORIES OF A GIRL WHO READ THE FINE PRINT.