Born in Oakland, California, has been on the performance poetry scene since early 1998. She first toured the UK in 2002 where her reputation as a member of the highly regarded safe sex crew, The Punany Poets (as seen on HBO's Real Sex 24 & 26) meant that she already had fans waiting for her. A multiple Slam winner, Mahogany currently leads an educational program called Hip-Hop Poetry as New Professional Theatre's Educational Director. Mahogany can also be heard on radio airwaves throughout the country as the femme fatale poetic voice on Hennessy's Poetry Minute.