Kimberly Dark is a performance artist, poet, and professor.  She continues to teach sociology at Cal State San Marcos and University of Hawaii when her schedule allows. Her frequent themes are gender, sexuality, poverty, privilege, parenting and education. Her work blends humor, poetry, story-telling, education and social research to stimulate both social analysis and action.  Her performed writings have incited and delighted audiences across North America, Ireland, and the U.K. for more than a decade.  The Evening Echo in Cork, Ireland calls Dark “a force to be reckoned with on every level.”  Kimberly’s intimate and hilarious storytelling and poetry uncover the small comedies and challenges of our every day lives so that we start to recognize our true power – to change the world!  Her website is viewable online at www.kimberlydark.com.