"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change, I am changing the things I cannot accept."
- Dr. Angela Davis
Bene’t Benton is a Los Angeles native with a background in spoken word poetry, acting, and directing. They graduated in 2023 from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a BA in Theater Arts and a minor in Black Studies. Bene’t seeks to combine knowledge of radical anti-racist pedagogy and administrational experience, with their passion for storytelling and the theatrical arts. They aim to pursue a career in which they can highlight Black, Indigenous, and people of color’s voices within the theater and film industries and sustain equitable access to the arts.