Emir Brown-Murillo is a Honduran-American poet, educator, and multimedia artist from Harlem, New York. A writer whose work moves between the spiritual, the archival, and the intensely personal, Brown explores transformation, generational memory, and the quiet mythologies of everyday life.

They are the author of three books of poetry and the recipient of multiple honors, including Emory University’s Artistine Mann Poetry Award and a feature in Georgia’s Best Emerging Poets anthology. Brown’s poems have been taught, performed, and published across print and digital spaces, often drawing on their upbringing in Harlem and their bicultural identity.

Brown attended Emory University, where they earned a B.A. in Comparative Literature and co-founded Free Thought Poetry, a student-run collective dedicated to literary expression and community arts. Their undergraduate work, including their capstone CONSTITUENT: A Multiracial Exploration of the Academic Hivemind, was selected for presentation at the Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium.

Beyond poetry, Brown is a committed educator and instructional leader. They have taught 5th-grade ELA, coached emerging educators, and currently serve as an Educational Specialist (Instructional Coach) with Roads to Success. Their approach blends data literacy, socioemotional awareness, and narrative intuition — coaching that centers the humanity of learners and the craft of teaching.

Brown is also an audiovisual technician and broadcast lead at St. Matthew’s Baptist Church in Harlem, where their technical work intersects with their artistic practice: clarity, storytelling, and community care.

A herbanist and advocate for accessible creative practice, Brown’s work continues to expand across mediums — from poetry to film, from education to digital archiving. They see their career as an ongoing re-evolution, shaped by curiosity, discipline, and a refusal to let important stories disappear.