PAGES matam (They/He), is a genderqueer polyglot from Cameroon, Central Africa who blossomed in the DMV (not where you get your license, but DC, Murr’land & VA - Piscataway land). A fried plantains connoisseur, pleasure advocate and battle-horror anime fanatic, their background in poetry and spoken word has given them tools to grow into an agent of imagination as a med-school dropout turned award-winning, multidisciplinary artist and Drama TV/Film writer. PAGES employs elements of Central-African storytelling, folklore and their immigrant experience to tell dynamic stories in a poetic and magically surrealist way. Their work in poetry & screenwriting is guided by Toni Morrison’s words: “the function of freedom is to free someone else” informed from a lens of Black Queer liberation. PAGES is a National Poetry Slam Champion, Callaloo fellow, NFHA Cultural Ambassador, a Google x The Guardian 2020 Rising Voices, recipient of DC Commission of Arts & Humanities fellowships, and currently works as a Lead Story Expert & script consultant at The Professional Pen. Additionally, they hold multiple screenwriting fellowships with: Amy Aniobi's TRIBE writers program by SUPER SPECIAL, Writers Discovery with Circle of Confusion, and Artist DISRUPTORS with the Center for Cultural Power.

Pages Matam is a multidimensional national touring artist, residing in the D.C. metropolitan area, but originally from Cameroon, Africa. He is a Write Bloody author, playwright, and award winning slam poet with passions in the field of education, violence and abuse trauma work, and youth advocacy. Along with his greatest accomplishment, being a father, he is also a proud gummy bear elitist, bowtie enthusiast, professional hugger and anime fanatic. When he takes stage – as a performer, educator, or host – be prepared to be taken on an experience of cultural, socially conscious, and personal discovery unapologetic in its silly yet visceral and beautifully honest in its storytelling.