Peuo Tuy

Teaches at Brooklyn Brainery

Peuo (pbaou) Tuy is a Cambodian American spoken word poet and an artist educator originally from Lowell, Massachusetts. Her self-published storytelling poetry book, Khmer Girl, depicts personal atrocities about the Cambodian genocide, living in refugee camps, and navigating life as a dark-skinned Southeast Asian woman in America while experiencing self-hate, and searching for self-love and acceptance in our ever-evolving world. She has been featured at various venues on the East Coast and was part of Urbintel’s Inc., “HerStory” spoken word tour. She is also part of a video project curated by Parson School of Design at The New School called “Futurographies,” which travelled to Cambodia and France in Spring 2016. She is currently working on a children’s storybook. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in Africana/Puerto Rican/Latino Studies and a minor in Asian American Studies. Peuo lives in New York City and is currently on a book tour in the East Coast, Midwest, and West Coast. Learn more about her at www.PeuoTuy.com.