Brenna Lakeson (she/they) is a queer feminist and social activist living in Atlanta, GA. Born and raised in North Carolina, she has a BA in Music from Elon University, with minors in Spanish and Latin American studies. They have an MDiv from Candler School of Theology at Emory University with particular interests in feminist theology, Hebrew Bible, and apocalyptic literature.
Brenna currently works at Central Outreach and Advocacy Center, serving people experiencing homelessness in downtown Atlanta. She works on a volunteer basis with Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty to help abolish the death penalty in Georgia. Outside of their social justice work, Brenna enjoys running, yoga, gardening, and petting her three cats.
Brenna’s writing strives to hold the stories of the marginalized in the light, create meaning from her own experiences, and heal the things that hurt. Their newest endeavor, unguarded, serves to relinquish perfectionism, witness the messiness of living, and tell her full truths.
Their published writings can be found in the following places: Lifevest Literary Magazine, Georgia’s Emerging Writers 2018 (Nonfiction), An Anthology of Nonfiction and America’s Emerging Poets 2018 (Southeast Region), Juste Milieu (issue 9, sketchy), Sheila-Na-Gig Under 30, Volume 3, High Shelf Press issue IX, Georgia’s Best Emerging Poets 2019.
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Photos: Sonny Pimentel, Jordana Dale
Brenna Lakeson 
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