Roen Higgins is an award-winning spoken word poet, educator, and speaker. As the founder of The Elevated Creative, her mission is to elevate others through creative literacy and help get them unstuck and tap into their genius zone. She is dedicated to planting the seed that creativity should be fostered, valued, and celebrated at home and school. Dubbed as Blu’Rva, Roen is known as a repeat winner in the scene of improv & slam poetry and has performed from local stages to festival du monde as an independent artist. She is a longtime member of ‘The Poets Tree’ and ‘Kalmunity Vibe Collective’. Roen is a graduate of Human Relations and Family Life Education from Concordia University. Her creative contributions were recognized by the Black Theatre Workshop, receiving the Gloria Mitchell-Aleong Award (2012). 

Featured in, CBC Arts online series (2021)

Poetry anthology Talking Book (2006, Cumulus Press).