User:Aimee Doyle

Aimee Doyle (aka Doyle) is a performance poet who currently resides in Phoenix, AZ. She began writing poetry at the age of 9, and honed her craft as a performance poet after attending her first poetry slam (Essenzaslam in Mesa, AZ) in the Spring of 1996. She has been a member of the 2005 and 2005 Mesa National Slam Teams. Doyle's first chapbook collection of poetry is Fairweather Female (2005).

BIOGRAPHY
Aimee Doyle (born September 27, 1980 in Houston, TX) is the daughter of Michael Thomas Doyle Jr. and Kelly Doyle. Doyle's parents divorced when she was a toddler. Her mother took custody of her and they moved into her grandmother's home in Nassau Bay.

Doyle's mother married Walter Doyle (no relation to Michael) in May 1987 and they moved to the Phoenix area three months later. On August 11, 1989, the family was completed with the birth of her brother, Alan.

Doyle attended public schools in Chandler, AZ where she found her love for poetry. Her first attempt at writing poetry in the 4th grade awarded her district-wide recognition; however, it wasn't until her sophomore year of high school, when a friend introduced her to the world of spokenword (Mesa Poetry Slam), that she truly found the expression she desired. No stranger to performance, Doyle sang in school choirs from elementary school through high school graduation (1998).

Doyle attended Arizona State University (Fall 1998 through Spring 2000) where she was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. Unhappy with the path her life was taking, Doyle, along with her parents and brother, moved to back to Houston in 2001 to reprioritize. She spent three years focusing on her career and building her skills as an office administrator.

Hungry for a true sense of independence, she moved back to the Phoenix area in the Spring of 2004. Her return to slam poetry would come that same summer.