Mykele Deville

Mykele Deville (he/him) is the current Farm Programs Coordinator at UGC.His pronouns are he/him. He is new to the Urban Agriculture sector but passionate about fighting for equitable change and access in all forms. He is also a musical artist and poet from the west side of Chicago. He has performed on stages across the country and led workshops on hip-hop and identity. His work has been profiled in Billboard, Afropunk, Flood Mag, Bandcamp, Noisey, OK Player, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times, The Reader, Consequence of Sound, Vocalo radio, and NPR radio. He received a BFA in Performance from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is also a founding collective member of Growing Concerns Poetry Collective and has a joint book of poetry with the group entitled Five Fifths, published by Candor Arts.