Black and white portrait of a man with a patterned shirt, wearing a knitted cap and a scarf draped around his shoulders, looking to the side.

Heru Stewart (also known as Ras Heru) is an artist,

literary arts producer, elementary school teacher and

teaching artist based in Maplewood, NJ. 

A 5-time author and Dodge Poetry Festival poet,

Heru is the founder of HS1 Arts & Education.