Sheniz Janmohamed was born and raised in Tkaronto (Toronto) Canada with ancestral ties to Kenya and India. A poet, nature artist and arts educator, Sheniz graduated from the MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph-Humber. Sheniz has been performing her poetry nationally and internationally for 15 years, including features at the Jaipur Literature Festival, Aga Khan Museum, and Vancouver Writers Fest to name a few. Her writing has been published in numerous journals including Arc Poetry Magazine, CV2, Descant and Canthius. She is a regular contributor for Quill & Quire. She has three collections of poetry, published by Mawenzi House: Bleeding Light (2010), Firesmoke (2014) and Reminders on the Path (2021). Sheniz served as the Writer-in-Residence at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus in 2022, and is the founder and facilitator of Owning our Stories, the first writing circle of its kind for South Asian women in Ontario. www.shenizjanmohamed.com