Nik Richard, also known as The Voice of Reason, has been a performance poet on the New Orleans' poetry scene since his senior year in high school. He is currently a senior at the University of New Orleans pursuing his BA in Urban Planning. His creativity in film has earned him an NAACP Award, AFI Silverdocs Award, and a PBS P.O.V. Award in the 2008 Myspace Film Your Issue contest for his interpretation of disaster tourism in New Orleans' lower 9th ward.