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Jani Rosado also know as Jani Rose was born in the Spanish Harlem in New York. She lived her childhood in the Parkchester part of the Bronx while being educated at the private schools in Manhattan. She has 4 children and still lives in New York. She became an avid reader at a young age, reading cereal boxes, shampoo bottles and submerging herself in everything literary she could find. This lead her to write her first poem at 7 year old and it became her first publication. In her teen years, she attended The New School and started recited her poetry at the Nuyorican Poet Cafe. At the age of 17 her father passed away, leaving her traumatized and in turmoil, she sought solace in poetry workshops and reciting her poetry at poetry slams an cafe. At the age of 19 she became a mother and dedicated herself to full time mother and wife while writing and discovering her biggest influencers in her work like Syliva Platt and Julia de Burgos.

While attending Hunter and Boricua College she became a member of The CENTRO Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College which contributes "She continued writing, becoming a Board Member and Fellow of the Acentos Writers Workshops in 2010. Jani Rose's return to performance poetry in 2008, led to a partnership with Capicu Culture, where she is a board member, organizer, and blogger for Sofrito for Your Soul. In 2012 she launched the Sangre Viva Arts Alliance, unifying the large Latino network of activists in NYC. In the Spring of 2014, she co-founded La Sopa: Capicu School of Poetic Arts, hosted at Boricua College in Brooklyn, where she is a student and educator. Jani Rose is a multi-faceted professional who takes to the page and stage to express her love of the art of language and share the Nuyorican experience.

She is the author of the chapbook Musings and Scribbles of a Nuyorican Geisha.

http://centroweb.hunter.cuny.edu/voices/letras-ii/jani-rosado