Jacalyn Eyvonne

Jacalyn Eyvonne is the author of 3 books, and her poems have appeared in anthologies in North America and the United Kingdom.

[3][5][6] Eyvonne is influenced by the work of Gwendolyn Brooks, Maya Angelou, and Nikki Giovanni.

[9] The co-poets laureate plan to create a youth anthology in cooperation with the Vallejo Unified School District.

[10][11] They held events for youth including a chalk art festival[12] and literacy awareness night.

Since being named poet laureate, Jacalyn Eyvonne has performed at the 2023 Mad Hatter Holiday Festival,[8] a Black History Month event at the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum,[14][15] Art Walk,[16] Alibi Bookshop,[17][18] the Earth Daze Festival,[19] at a climate change themed art exhibit at Vallejo Art Lofts Gallery,[20][21] on the Vallejo waterfront,[9] the Solano County Fair,[22] a Black History Month event at the Vallejo library,[23] with fellow poets laureate at the Fairfield Library,[24] and at a Juneteenth flag raising ceremony.