Melania Luisa Marte (born in New York City) is an Afro-Latina poet, writer, and musician from a Dominican immigrant family who lives between New York, Texas, and the Dominican Republic. Her slam poetry gained international visibility through her viral poem Afro-Latina, which was featured by Instagram for National Poetry Month and accumulated over nine million views. She ranked fifth at the 2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam Competition. Her debut poetry collection Plantains and Our Becoming (Tiny Reparations/Plume/Penguin Random House, 2023) explores Afro-Dominican identity, colonialism, ancestral knowledge, and Black diaspora experience. The collection was praised by National Book Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo.