Steven Underwood is the recipient of the 2018 Eugene A. Noble Award for Leadership and Enthusiasm from Centenary University. A New Jersey occupant, Steven retains a Bachelor’s in English: Creative Writing and wanders fiction shelves employing his academic powers to investigate where it says exactly that Black kids can’t be wizards. Currently, he curates Black Twitter’s most elusive tweets @blaqueword and is unapologetic in his approach to culture and community. Some of his bylines include: Why America Values Black Artists After They Die, Why The Bonds Between Straight Men Can Sometimes Sabotage Their Romantic Relationships, and NYC: Where Rich White Kids Go To Play Poverty.  

With his writing voice, he can write just about anything: Fashion, Op-Ed, Men’s Style, Fiction, Business, you name it.