Poets Inc is a student organization of poets and poetry lovers at the University of Florida. We are known for a number of things including, but not limited to:
| Name: | Shamoyia Gardiner | ![]() |
| Position: | President | |
| Year/Major: | 2nd/Marketing & Chinese | |
| Hometown: | Miami, FL | |
| Experience: | 4 years | |
| Hero(es): | Saul Williams | |
| Aspirations: | Spit a poem; save a life | |
| Quote: | "It's not a game"- Gener8tion Next | |
| Name: | Tanima Mehrotra | ![]() |
| Position: | External Vice President | |
| Year/Major: | 2nd/Finance & Entrepreneurship (minor) | |
| Hometown: | Boca Raton, Florida; Lucknow, India | |
| Experience: | 2 years, but you can't quantify creativity | |
| Hero(es): | None | |
| Aspirations: | Start a business, author a book, travel the world, stay alive. | |
| Quote: | "There are moments on the brink, when you can give yourself to a lover, or not; give-in to self-doubt, uncertainty, and admonishment, or not; dive into a different culture, or not; set sail for the unknown, or not; walk out onto a stage, or not. Resist then and there is only what might have been." -Diane Ackerman | |
| Name: | Lewis "Philosotry" | ![]() |
| Position: | Internal Vice President | |
| Year/Major: | 2nd/Accounting | |
| Hometown: | Spartanburg, South Carolina | |
| Experience: | 1 year | |
| Hero(es): | Napoleon Bonaparte, Malcom X | |
| Aspirations: | Start a revolution | |
| Quote: | "If a man feels like he has something to prove, then he has nothing at all." -Philosotry | |
| Name: | Samantha Turner | ![]() |
| Position: | Treasurer | |
| Year/Major: | 1st/Animal/Marine Science & English (minor) | |
| Hometown: | Miami, FL | |
| Experience: | 2 years | |
| Hero(es): | Tammy Turner, Jesus, Teo Castellanos | |
| Aspirations: | Save a sea turtle, administer birth to a German Sheppard, end human trafficking | |
| Quote: | "I love the handful of earth you are." -Pablo Neruda | |
| Name: | Shamika "Vocab" Brooks | ![]() |
| Position: | Secretary | |
| Year/Major: | 4th/Journalism & English (minor) | |
| Hometown: | Everywhere and Nowhere | |
| Experience: | 7 years | |
| Hero(es): | My mom | |
| Aspirations: | To be a great journalist; tell people's stories | |
| Quote: | "Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away." -Unknown | |
| Name: | Mauro "Nueva Voz" Perez | ![]() |
| Position: | Public Relations | |
| Year/Major: | 4th/Sociology & Electrical Engineering (minor) | |
| Hometown: | Hialeah, FL | |
| Experience: | 10 months | |
| Hero(es): | My mother, Batman | |
| Aspirations: | To never give up | |
| Quote: | "Love will save us all" -Nueva Voz | |
| Name: | Camille "Adaeze" Evelyn | ![]() |
| Position: | Real-World Liaison | |
| Year/Major: | 4th/English | |
| Hometown: | Christ Church, Barbados | |
| Experience: | 2 years | |
| Hero(es): | Jesus | |
| Aspirations: | Stay true to my purpose in life, and in so doing, teach others to do the same. | |
| Quote: | "The opposite of love isn't hate; it's pride." -Adaeze | |
| Name: | JR "Jei.Are" Miller | ![]() |
| Position: | Graduate Liaison | |
| Year/Major: | MBA Student | |
| Hometown: | Miami, FL | |
| Experience: | 5 years | |
| Hero(es): | My Mom | |
| Aspirations: | I want to inspire people through my words and thoughts. Stay tuned for my autobiography. | |
| Quote: | "Do everything in love." | |
| Name: | Kole Odutola | ![]() |
| Position: | Faculty Sponsor | |
| Year/Major: | Professor in Yoruba | |
| Hometown: | Newark, New Jersey | |
| Experience: | 6 years | |
| Hero(es): | Readers of my poetry | |
| Aspirations: | Change myself | |
| Quote: | "Be the change you wish to see in the world." -Gandhi | |