Zewiditu Ruffin

Zewiditu Jewel, is a writer and recording artist. She is a fourth generation native Washingtonian, storyteller, mental health and youth advocate. Zewiditu has dedicated over 12 years of service to working with the youth of New York, Jamaica and Washington; teaching Creative Writing, Jewelry Design and Theater Arts. She is a graduate of Duke Ellington School of The Arts (DC) and Eugene Lang The New School for Liberal Arts (NYC). Zewiditu released her first audiobook, Zewidituisms:X, on June 12, 2018. Zewidituisms: X, is a coming of age story of a young black woman navigating through the world, as told by her, in her twenties. This audiobook highlights conversations around relationships, family dynamics, womanhood, trauma and mental health. Zewiditu is currently working on her first solo performance and hopes to continue the conversation of mental health in communities of color, by sharing her story. "I tell my story, so she can tell her story, he can tell his story. The rest is history. These are our stories, our histories.”

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