West, Joanna

Joanna "Joey Renee" West was born on November 20 1984 in Washington DC. She grew up in South East on 37th Street. Her parents moved to Northeast when she was 10 years old. She went to three separate elementary schools. She attended Weatherless for grades Pre Kindergarten to 3rd. From grades 4 to 5 she attended Kimball and finally she graduated 6th grade from Miner in 1996. It was in Miner that gave her the push to engage in writing. During her studies there she took a creative writing class. It was during that class that her first poem was written. It was called Artificial Flower. The poem spo...