Frankie Soto

Spoken Word/Poetry/Host/Workshop Teacher

  • 2016 & 2019 Multicultural Poet of the Year at National Spoken Word Poetry Awards

  • Hispanic Heritage Month Feature for New York Times, was called “A Force”

  • HIV poem Guessing Game nominated & selected for AC3 Hip Hop Festival in Atlanta

  • 200 College/University/ High School Performances

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““An Absolute Force” ”
— Nathalie Nieves, New York Times
““We’ve had numerous Keynote Speakers here on campus and you were by the far the best we’ve had.””
— South Puget Sound College
““OMG I felt your poetry on a molecular level tonight.””
— William & Mary College, Latin American Student Union
““Frankie brought a lot of energy to our campus during his performance at our Black Student Union “Soul Food” event. His skills and truth moved the audience in ways that had never been done on our campus.””
— Jerel Benton, University of Wisconsin- Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
““Thank you so much for coming. I’ve been doing events for 3 years and you were definitely the best spoken word poet I’ve heard.””
— Justin Brouse, Entertainment & Programming, Penn State University-Abington
““Thank you again for your performance. The students loved you and it was great how you got the audience participating with your performance as well. One of the best attended, Seal with Poem events we’ve had all year.””
— Devon N Jones, Harrisburg Community College-Advisor of Student Programming
““Do it up poet !! Yeah! Clap, Clap, Clap.” ”
— Gloria Kellet, Director- One day at a time

Frankie A Soto is a 2x winner of the Multicultural Poet of the year award from the National Spoken Word Poetry Awards in Chicago. His (New York Times) performance called him an absolute force. He has been featured on ABC news & has traveled across the country featuring at over 200 Universities, Colleges & High schools touring/performing & running workshops.