Artist/Poet
Bijal is a published poet, a freelance artist, and a behavioural science nerd. She explores culture and identity in most of her works. Her recent publication was a handmade chapbook titled, “Bread & Ink.”
PARTICIPANTS
DAVID AMBURGEY
Writer
David is a neurodivergent writer living in Toronto. He is completing his Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing, with a specialization in Popular Fiction.
PAIGE CAMILLERI
Artist
Paige is a 4th year English major with minors in Classics and Studio. Currently, she is expanding her graphic design portfolio by working with SELF.
GRAYSON CHONG
Poet
Grayson is a poet-scholar. Her poetry and fiction pieces have been featured in national and international journals. She is the author of Mirari (2017) and Songs for Diane (2019).
OMOBOLA FALOLU
Singer/Songwriter
Omobola is a soul artist who expresses herself through music, poetry, songwriting, and photography. Currently, she is a graduate student at Mohawk College.
MEHDIA HASSAN
Artist
Mehdia is an artist-researcher who believes that the arts can be an effective way of learning, teaching, and understanding how we see the world.
IVY HON
Artist/Poet
Impulsive manifester of feelings. Her next task is to learn patience and create from there.
ERICA LIU
Artist
Erica is a chiropractic student and a self-employed artist. Her fields of interest are drawing anatomy and food. If you would like to see more of her artwork, check out her Instagram: @erica_art.
LUIZA MACEDO
Photographer
Luiza, from Brazil (South America), 23 years old. She is a photographer, she plays two instruments, sometimes draws too.
PALWASHAY MUGHAL
Poet
Palwashay is an emerging short story writer. Obtaining her B.A at the University of Toronto in Literature. Her interests are Gothic, Horror and Victorian Sensationalism.
JAWAD TALUT
Poet
Jawad is a UTSC student. He writes short stories and even has a few published. Follow him at @dawaj_t to read them if you care.
MANOGYA TEKRIWAL
Photographer
Manogya is a freelance photographer and a business graduate who enjoys sharing and exploring her creativity with others, through her pseudonym, Taken by Tekriwal.
JINGSHU HELEN YAO
Poet
Helen is a creative writing student at University of Toronto Scarborough. Coming to Canada from another continent, for an adventure of multicultural and multilingual.