D. Colin is a multidisciplinary artist and poet of Haitian descent and the author of Dreaming in Kreyol. She serves as the poetry columnist for Metroland Now, where she amplifies contemporary voices and engages the literary landscape of the region. She holds a BA in English and an MA in Africana Studies, grounding her creative practice in both literary and cultural scholarship. Her work is driven by a deep belief in the power of storytelling — in our individual and collective voices, and in saying the quiet parts out loud.

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Inspired by recurring dreams, the symbolism of flowers, and birds,

she has been deeply engaged in self-portraiture as an act of self-interrogation and healing from grief and physical injury. Her work has been exhibited at institutions including Albany Center Gallery, the Arts Center of the Capital Region, Opalka Gallery, and the Albany Institute of History and Art.

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A Cave Canem, VONA and New York State Writers Institute fellow, D. Colin has performed across the United States and internationally. She has shared stages with Narubi Selah, Mahogany L. Browne, and Tank and the Bangas, and has been featured by The Moth, PBS, NPR, and Button Poetry. Her poetry appears in journals such as Trolley Literary Journal, The Eco Theo Review, Portrait of New England, and The Porter Gulch Review.

She is the founding organizer of the Unspoken Word Poetry Festival and read the inaugural poem at the swearing-in ceremony of Mayor Dr. Dorcey Applyrs, Albany's first Black mayor.​ She serves on the boards of Black Dimensions in Art, Inc. and the Hart Cluett Museum, and is a founding member of the Social Justice Artists Collective. She believes creativity is a pathway to healing and collective freedom. Through storytelling, we remember our connection to one another and imagine more liberated futures.