Keynote Presenter

Sage Chioma is a public health practitioner, published poet, and storyteller who blends art and wellness to inspire self-healing, cultural empowerment, and collaborative change.

As Prevention Project Coordinator at Alcohol drug Services, she is the program coordinator for North Carolina's first in-person Parent Café in High Point. "Her work is dedicated to strengthening families, nurturing resilience, and creating meaningful community connections."

With years of experience in the field of addiction, she draws on both her professional and personal journey of healing to honor the wisdom of those who have navigated the dark night of the soul.

A 2025 Creative Greensboro Artist-in-Residence, she created Sweet Medicine: An Elixir of Hope and Healing - a powerful fusion of poetry, storytelling, movement, and visual imagery inspired by her book Earth is a Mother's Hood.

Her work invites us to see our pain as a sacred threshold to growth and transformation, offering a vision of resilience and collective healing - even in the eye of the storm.