I was born in London, of Polish, Lithuanian and Romanian descent. When I was little, I started to write. Breathe: Stories from Cuba (flipped eye, 2016) is my debut collection, and originates in the time I lived in Havana and the Pinar del Río province of Cuba.
My writing has been published in magazines and journals including Litro, The London Magazine, Wasafiri Magazine, Mechanics' Institute Review, The Lonely Crowd, Generations Literary Journal, Under the Radar, Papeles de la Mancuspia, Loose Muse Anthology, Square Peg, and Ink, Sweat & Tears. You can hear me talking about my work on BBC Radio 3’s The Verb here and read an interview with me here.
I am the founder of Voice of Freedom, a charity that works with survivors of human trafficking. Voice of Freedom enables people who have escaped their captors, and sometimes given evidence against them, to speak about their lives in photography and text. Exhibitions have included Amnesty UK, Matrix Chambers and Pollo del ‘900 in Turin.
My latest book, You Came Back, charts my journey of love and survival alongside my partner who has lived with glioblastoma since 2019.
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Photo credit: Marte Lundby Rekaa