Jason Bayani

Jason Bayani grew up in the Bay Area and holds a BA from San Francisco State University and an MFA in Poetry from Saint Mary's College of California. He spent nine years working for Larkin Street Youth Services and has worked as an educator, copywriter, and arts organizer. An accomplished poet and performer, Jason Bayani is the author of Everyone I Love, Alive (Omnidawn Publishing 2025), Locus (Omnidawn Publishing 2019) and Amulet (Write Bloody Publishing 2013).He is the recipient of the 2021 California Arts Council Established Artist Fellowship and was a featured artist at the Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists Festival in 2022. Jason performs regularly across the country and debuted his solo theater show "Locus of Control" in 2016, with runs in San Francisco, New York, and Austin.