Poet and activist Salome Agbaroji was awarded the prestigious role of National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States in 2023.

A fighter for social justice, her identity is centred on being “an artist at its core”, aiming to inspire others through words.

Earlier this week, Ms. Agbaroji sat down with UN News’s Pooja Yadav at UN Headquarters in New York after taking part in commemorations for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Art has the power to transform she told us, including the ability to “heal what’s been broken”.