is a community creative rooted in Little Rock, Arkansas.

He believes artists play a unique role as cultural historians. As a poet, Toni strives to connect with others through the intricacies of lived experience. And as a facilitator, Toni encourages self-empowerment through DIY publishing, personal narrative, and creative joy. His work centers their people: Black, Filipino/-american, southern, queer, and everyone existing within the intersections.

Find Toni published in Closet Cases: Queers on What We Wear (2020, under former name), {new words press} (vol 7, 2024), beestung (2025), and several independent zines. His debut chapbook, DIY BODY, is forthcoming from Sibling Rivalry Press (June 2026).