“HE WATCHED ENDLESSLY NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AS SHE POURED HER HEART OUT ON STAGE” …~CLEVETTE (CHYNA) ROBERTS

MESMERIZED BY HER VOICE AND HER CONFIDENCE TO FOLLOW HER DREAMS, CLEVETTE ROBERTS IS A WOMAN DESTINED FOR GREATNESS. BORN IN THE SMALL TOWN OF KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SHE SPENT PART OF HER YOUNG CHILDHOOD IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND AND WAS PRIMARILY RAISED IN KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA. GRADUATING FROM KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN RECREATIONAL ATHLETIC SPORTS. SHE DEVELOPED A LOVE FOR WRITING IN HER EARLY CHILDHOOD AND WAS INTRODUCED TO POETRY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. POETRY BECAME HER OUTLET TO EXPRESS HER FEELINGS OF ADVERSITY AND OVERCOMING. SHE BEGAN TO WRITE TO EXPRESS HER FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS TO EASE THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS SHE EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. HER GIFT IN WRITING BEGAN TO RECEIVE RECOGNITION WHEN SHE WON A POETRY CONTEST IN WHICH THREE OF HER POEMS; ALONE, COMMOTION, AND THE UNEXPECTED WERE PUBLISHED IN AN ANTHOLOGY CALLED, THE SILENCE WITHIN. SHE IS ALSO AN AUTHOR OF HER POETRY BOOK CALLED, STILL STANDING WHICH WAS PUBLISHED BY AMAZON.

MS. ROBERTS GRADUATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN ACADEMY IN KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA WITH A DEGREE IN TRAVEL & TOURISM. IN ADDITION, SHE OBTAINED AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AT S.E.A IN BUSINESS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY. MS. ROBERTS IS A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL LIFE COACH AND IS THE FOUNDER & CEO OF AFFIRMATION OF CHANGE (LIFE COACHING BUSINESS). MS. ROBERTS DESIRES TO HELP OTHERS TAP INTO THEIR INDIVIDUALITY AND BE THE BEST THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO BE WHILE INCORPORATING ART HEALING COMPONENTS.

EAGER TO REKINDLE HER GIFT IN SPOKEN WORD POETRY SHE BEGAN HER OWN LOCAL POETRY VENUE ENTITLED ILLUSIONS ON MARCH 14, 2009. ILLUSIONS WHICH IS A PERFORMANCE ARTS-BASED BUSINESS, A LAID-BACK ATMOSPHERE CREATED TO ENLIGHTEN AND INSPIRE OTHERS THROUGH ART EXPRESSION, CONDUCIVE FOR PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO GRACE THE STAGE WITH THEIR GOD GIVEN TALENTS.

KNOWN AS CHYNA TO THE POETRY COMMUNITY SHE HAS DEVELOPED A NAME FOR HERSELF IN A NINE-YEAR PERIOD. RECOGNIZED IN SEVERAL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS (KINSTON FREE PRESS, SUN JOURNAL, EAGLES NEWS & MORE) AND MAGAZINES (OUR SUCCESS MAGAZINE, SUBSTANTIAL MAGAZINE, POETIC FLOWS MAGAZINE, CHOCOLATE INFORMED MAGAZINE & MORE). MS. ROBERTS (CHYNA) IS LEAVING A LASTING IMPRESSION ON AUDIENCES ACROSS THE NATION (NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, CHICAGO, CALIFORNIA, MASSACHUSETTS, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, THE DC AREA, LONDON, BAHAMAS & MORE).

SHE IS THE PROUD 2011 C.O.U.P (COMMUNITY ORIENTED UNDERGROUND POET) NOMINEE OF THE NATIONAL UNDERGROUND SPOKEN WORD & POETRY AWARDS. RECENTLY, SHE WAS CHOSEN BY EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY’S THE CHOOSE ART PROJECT AS AN UP-AND-COMING ARTIST AND A FACILITATOR OF THE ARTS. CURRENTLY, SHE IS PARTNERING WITH FRIENDS OF THE KINSTON-LENOIR PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE KINSTON FREE PRESS NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION AWARENESS HOSTING ANNUAL OPEN MIC EVENTS FOR KINSTON’S YOUTH AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.

SHE ALSO LED HER VERY OWN ONGOING WORKSHOP FOR INNER CITY YOUTH AT THE G.A.T.E. FOR THE COURSE OF FOUR YEARS CALLED REFINING YOUR GIFTS. AS A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, SHE SPEAKS AT CHURCHES, LIBRARIES, CONFERENCES, MILITARY BASES AND MORE. SHE RECENTLY TAUGHT HER OWN WORKSHOP AS WELL AS PERFORMED AT FORT BRAGG'S MILITARY BASE FOR THEIR SPECIAL FORCES DIVISION UPLIFTING AND INSPIRING THROUGH SPOKEN WORD, LIFE COACHING AND MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING.

MS. ROBERTS IS CURRENTLY ESTABLISHING HER VERY OWN CURRICULUM WITH A TWIST THAT INCORPORATES LIFE COACHING WITH ART HEALING COMPONENTS. HER SECOND BOOK WILL BE THE FIRST OF MANY SERIES OF "WALKING IN PURPOSE WITH A PASSION," AND WILL DEBUT HER OFFICIAL BOOK RELEASE/BOOK SIGNING AT THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS IN KINSTON, NC ON NOVEMBER 19, 2019. SHE IS THE PROUD 2011 NEW & UP COMING POET OF THE YEAR NOMINEE OF THE NATIONAL POETRY AWARDS BEING HELD IN DALLAS, TEXAS. HER TRACK, ELEMENT OF SURPRISE WAS SELECTED IN 2012 TO BE PLAYED ON THE NATIONAL POETRY AWARDS SOUNDTRACK. SHE IS THE PROUD WINNER OF THE 2013 NATIONAL POETRY AWARDS HAIKU CONTEST. MS. ROBERTS HAS A PASSION FOR WORKING WITH INNER CITY YOUTH AND HELPING OTHERS BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF THEMSELVES. SHE IS A FORMER BOARD MEMBER OF STANDUP~SPEAKOUT OFFERING AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN YOUTH FACILITATION, MENTAL HEALTH, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, GANG PREVENTION AND YOUTH PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.

MS. ROBERTS ALSO ENJOYS ACTING, SHE STARRED IN THE PLAY, "FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF" AS LADY IN BLUE IN APRIL 2014 WITH CASTING DIRECTOR KHADIJAH HALL. MS. ROBERTS ENJOYS ACTING AND HAS PERFORMED IN A SERIES OF PLAYS AND MONOLOGUES. MS. ROBERTS IS CURRENTLY WRITING HER VERY OWN PLAY CALLED, "TRUTH HURTS" WHICH WILL BE THE VERY FIRST OF HER MANY PLAYS TO COME. MS. ROBERTS PLANS TO ESTABLISH HER VERY OWN PRODUCTION COMPANY CALLED TRUTH HURTS PRODUCTIONS, PROVIDING ACTORS WITH A PLACE TO LEARN AND GROW IN THEATER AND SHARE THEIR MANY TALENTS THROUGH THE ARTS. MS. ROBERTS ALSO WAS CAST AS AN EXTRA IN THE UP-AND-COMING MOVIE, “CROSSOVER: THE REVENGE” STARRING YESSI RODRIGUES, CLIFF POWELL, AND JAMAL “GRAVY” WOOLARD WHICH WILL BE PREMIERING IN MAY 2023.

MS. ROBERTS FEATURED AT THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR NEGRO WOMEN FOR THE RESTON-DULLES SECTION ON APRIL 16, 2023. SHE ALSO FEATURED AT THE RALEIGH ARTS & FILM FESTIVAL AS KINSTON’S POET LAUREATE ON MARCH 29, 2023, AND HAS HOSTED ALONG WITH FEATURED AT MANY EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, CHURCHES, ETC., LOCALLY, AND NATIONALLY. CURRENTLY SHE HOSTS HER VERY OWN POETRY RADIO SHOW CALLED THE LYRICAL CYPHER RADIO SHOW WHICH AIRS ON BLOG TALK RADIO. HER RADIO SHOW ENCOURAGES METAPHORICALLY IN-TUNED VISIONARIES TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH THE ARTS WHICH HAS AIRED ONLINE FOR 9 1/2 YEARS AND RUNNING WITH A CORRESPONDENCE OF 100,000 LISTENERS TO DATE.

ON MARCH 16, 2020, THE CITY OF KINSTON, PROCLAIMED MARCH 28TH AS, CLEVETTE "CHYNA" ROBERTS DAY WHICH WILL BE CELEBRATED BY THE CITY OF KINSTON, FELLOW ARTISTS, AND CITIZENS EVERY YEAR. ALSO, DURING THE MONDAY’S KINSTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 16, 2020, MAYOR DONTARIO “DON” HARDY RECOGNIZED, CLEVETTE “CHYNA” ROBERTS FOR HER WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AS A POET, AUTHOR, LIFE COACH AND MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND PROCLAIMED HER AS KINSTON’S FIRST POET LAUREATE.