Elizabeth Iwunwa was born in 1997 and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Business Administration in Global Leadership from the University of Prince Edward Island. Both a fiction and nonfiction writer, her works have been featured in PEI’s The Guardian and on CBC.

Iwunwa is the editor of the forthcoming anthology Íjè: An Immigrant’s Voyage into Prince Edward Island Life published by Pownal Street Press in 2023. She is interested in the intersection of culture, politics, and history in the lives and stories of everyday people.