Waters' father was a jazz musician and her uncle was the lead saxophonist with MFSB. At age eleven, she began writing poetry and was inducted into the Poetry Society of America when she was 14, the youngest person ever to receive that honor.
Waters' father was a jazz musician while her uncle led the saxophone section for MFSB. By the age of eleven, she began composing poetry and was inducted into the Poetry Society of America when she turned 14; she became the youngest person ever to receive this honor.