About Aiyana

My work can only exist due to a long lineage of freedom fighters, artists, creators and social disruptors. I am inspired my the big and small, named and nameless, and of the spirit of the world itself.

I name myself as a WRITER, LIBERATOR & DELINQUENT. To write is to feel and articulate. To liberate is to create and to question. To be a DELINQUENT is to resist and reclaim. It is a combination of these things that make up who I am: the pensive thinker; the imaginative engineer; the outspoken challenger. Whether I am at my desk writing, in the streets protesting, or on set acting I carry these ideas with me.

As a fiercely opinionated introvert, both my practices of creative and non-fiction writing aim to help me express some of my dreams, pains, and longings. Sometimes, these wonderings are offered in the form of workshops and courses: as a neurodivergent person harmed by and opposed to institutionalised education, it brings me great fulfilment to collectively (re)define learning.

Oppression is systemic trauma and being an (informal) student of neurobiology and sociology I am naturally drawn to the realms of healing justice. I practice this through peer support, particularly in solidarity with fellow young people.