Victor Lee Walker (previously known as Victor Billione Walker) is a queer, Black, poet, scholar, and community advocate based in New York City. Born in Detroit, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies from Lehman College and is pursuing a Master of Arts in Creative Writing (Poetry) also at Lehman College. His work bridges academic scholarship and artistic expression, exploring Black liberation, queer identity, and the transformative power of lived experience.

A lifelong performer, Victor began as a child singer before finding his voice as a spoken word artist. His poetry engages themes of Black expression, queer identity, and social justice, grounded in the belief that storytelling is both a means of survival and a collective act of liberation. He draws inspiration from writers including Audre Lorde, Angela Y. Davis, James Baldwin, Sonia Sanchez, Langston Hughes, and Edgar Allan Poe, who is the first poet he learned about as a child from his father.

A defining moment in his artistic journey came in 2023 during a trip to Paris, where he performed and connected with writers from around the world. The experience renewed his confidence as a writer and affirmed his understanding of his lived experience as a creative strength.

In 2022, Victor survived a stroke and now lives with kidney failure, undergoing dialysis while awaiting a kidney transplant. These experiences have deepened his commitment to writing, scholarship, and advocacy, shaping work that reflects resilience, vulnerability, and the enduring traditions of Black diasporic survival and reinvention.

Beyond his writing, Victor volunteers and advocates for better public transit with Riders Alliance, and for affordable supportive housing with Jericho Project, and the Supportive Housing Network of New York. A practicing Buddhist since 2018, he approaches both his art and community work with compassion, courage, and a deep belief in the inherent dignity of all people.

Through his poetry, scholarship, and public engagement, Victor seeks to create work that invites reflection, challenges injustice, and expands conversations about being Black, queer, and free.