Anu Yadav is a critically acclaimed actress, writer and theater-based educator dedicated to telling the stories of people pushed to the margins of public discourse. She performed with the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Strathmore Mansion and the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing. She a seasoned teaching artist, co-founded the storytelling project Classlines and was featured in the documentaries Walk with Me and Chocolate City. She is a 2013 DC Artist Fellow and holds an M.F.A. in Performance from the University of Maryland at College Park. She will be touring her solo play Meena's Dream this fall to Phoenix, Washington State and Lake Tahoe. She is a proud supporter of the upcoming Poor People's Campaign relaunch in 2017-2018. http://poorpeoplescampaign.org/