BIO
Anna Goodman Herrick works at the intersection of spirituality, sacred words, and human rights. She is a writer, filmmaker, interdisciplinary artist, educator, staff spiritual counselor, and public speaker.
Anna has performed her poetry across the U.S., including at the Emily Dickinson Museum’s Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series, presenting "contemporary creativity that echoes Dickinson’s own revolutionary poetic voice."
She has performed at the El Paso border for Artist Uprising with V (formerly Eve Ensler), Radio Bloomsday and Bloomsday on Broadway, and at the Theopoetics Conference. Her recent poetry is included in Rattle, The Los Angeles Press, The Ekphrastic Review, Hevria Magazine, and Ritualwell.
Anna has created work for television and branded content for Teen Vogue, Sony, ABC Family, Oprah Winfrey Network and MTV and shared her work at the Library of Congress the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and in film, stage, VR, museums and galleries nationwide.
While innovating in creative spaces, Anna serves as a Spiritual Counselor, including for End of Life, Hospice and Bereavement. She is on staff for Hospice in Los Angeles. Dedicated to spiritual engagement, she teaches inclusion, allyship, sustainable peace building and trauma healing towards collective liberation across the US, and around the world.