“I make words do my bidding”

Faith Over Allat was born and raised in Chicago Heights, Illinois. In her 30’s, her relationship with language has never been passive; it has been forged in the fire of lived reality, where every quiet observation and shared story became a tool for understanding. Long before her poems found their way onto the page, she discovered that language could build bridges while naming the unnameable and holding the immense weight of human emotion. That is where she began learning that her power lay in the way she wielded words, not as mere decoration, but as a force capable of transforming pain into purpose and capturing the vibrant, unvarnished truth of the human spirit. Today, as a poet who moves through the world with fierce intent, she brings that same transformative energy to every verse she creates.