Diana Marie Delgado

Diana Marie Delgado is a poet, strategist, and cultural worker with over two decades of experience in the literary arts. She is the editor of Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration (Haymarket, 2025) and the author of Tracing the Horse (BOA Editions), a New York Times Noteworthy Pick. Her work lives at the intersection of language, justice, and long-term cultural change.

As founder of No More Pyramids, Diana partners with creatives and organizations to shape visionary projects rooted in creative integrity. Her consulting practice spans organizational transition, grant development, and one-on-one creative coaching.

She has served as an executive leader, public speaker, and mentor across sectors, trusted for her clarity in complex moments and her commitment to language as a tool for change. Diana earned her B.A. in Poetry from the University of California, Riverside and her M.F.A. in Poetry from Columbia University.

Earlier in her career, she worked in New York City to help reopen and revitalize community centers in collaboration with NYCHA and the Department of Youth and Community Development, developing therapeutic arts programming for urban, immigrant, and under-resourced communities.

Recent collaborations include the Poetry Foundation, Poets House, Haymarket Books, the University of Arizona Poetry Center, and the Adrian Brinkerhoff Foundation. She is currently at work on a memoir exploring lineage, survival, and the act of self-making through language, and she welcomes inquiries.

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