She began her career in spoken word in 2012 on the stage of the Starry Plough in Berkeley, California, where she learned that poetry is a boundless art form. Spoken word poetry is a competitive sport where wordsmiths defy the confines of iambic pentameter and cliché metaphors to create a sense of unity by contorting every day experiences into performance art. Harris moved from San Francisco back to her hometown of Kansas City in 2013 where she feverishly began working on projects with the Uptown Arts Bar, the LIKEME Lighthouse, The Writers Place, and friend/colleague Summer Osborne.