Dayna Mahannah
Dayna Mahannah (she/her) is a writer based on the unceded lands of the h蓹n虛q虛蓹min虛蓹m虛 and S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh speaking peoples, the x史m蓹胃k史蓹y虛蓹m (Musqueam), S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh (Squamish), and s蓹lilw蓹ta涩 (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, also known as Vancouver. Her work has been published in Loose Lips, HELD Magazine, TRUE Africa, Adbusters, BeatRoute, and NUVO.
She was a contributing editor for BeatRoute Media and the campaign manager at Adbusters. In Ghana, Dayna wrote an arts and lifestyle column for a local newspaper, which included a dating advice section. Her community experience includes co-founding a reading series, volunteering for a children鈥檚 literacy program, and mentoring an incarcerated writer. She now works as an editor, teaching assistant and manuscript consultant.
A graduate of The Writer鈥檚 Studio and a current MFA candidate at UBC, Dayna is at work on a memoir about power structures and traveling to lose oneself.
Photo: Paul Dhillon