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First Person
The Evolution of Staceyann Chin
Season 2
Episode 2
In season 2 episode 2 of PBS Digital Studios’ First Person, host Donald Shorter talks with poet and activist Staceyann Chin about growing up in Jamaica, finding her voice as an activist and raising a child as a single lesbian.
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