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Arianna “Ari” Baharmast is a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Colorado, Boulder studying Neuroscience with a minor in Music. Ari’s involvement in the RAP Lab stems from growing up on Hip-Hop and her use of creating music as a form of healing. Ari’s passion as a singer lies in performing R&B, Rap, Neo-soul and Jazz music. Her influences include that of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu and more. She operates as a creative outside of the University Ari assisting as an organizer and performer in community under “Shades of Honey.”  “Shades of Honey” also known by the community as “Shades,” was established in 2019. It is a BIPOC centered community project/organization that centers Poetry, Hip-Hop, and other artforms as a process for BIPOC healing and expression. Ari looks forward to classroom collaboration on the “Lyripeutics Storytelling Project” as she believes hip-hop holds great power in education and learning.