WRITING DIVERSELY
DEDICATED TO HELPING AUTHORS CREATE  DIVERSE & INCLUSIVE STORIES

First-generation child of immigrants, Mexican American, Spanish speaker, queer.

Chinese and Taiwanese cultures, being Asian American, woman/feminist, experience with hospice/end-of-life care, experience with those with Alzheimer's/dementia

Bisexual genderfluid, light-skinned brown Mexican, self-diagnosed autistic, as well as with EDS, depression, and anxiety.

Indian American, Muslim, Anxiety, foster/adoptive parent (*not* qualified to read for adoptees or those who are/have been in foster care), learning and cognition, special needs parenting

Black, Haitian American, Afro Latina/e, Chronic migraines, Hard-of-Hearing (HoH), Physical rehabilitation (regarding mobility), Survivor of Natural Disaster, Family member with mental and emotional health disorders

Chinese-American (bilingual Mandarin speaker), Asian American. Expertise in both mainland Chinese and Hong Kong culture, First gen immigrant American family.

Black (African American), LGBTQIA+ (Transfeminine, Nonbinary, Queer, Lesbian, Asexual Spectrum), Disability, Mental Illness (Social Anxiety), Black in Majority White Spaces

African American/Black American Culture, LGBTQIA+, Christianity, Southern U.S./Rural/City Lifestyle/Corporate Culture, Poor/Working, and Middle Class

White, Muslim (a convert), a hijabi/niqabi, autistic, deaf, bipolar 1, C-PTSD, chronic degenerative joint disease, bisexual and grey ace.

Disfigurement, Hearing aid use, Trans female existence

Black women and girls, Urban Black culture, Suburban Black culture, Black in majority white spaces, Chronic illness/pain

Trans (trans man, nonbinary), queer (ace/bi), Indigenous (Arapaho), Romani, Disabled (cane user and an ambulatory wheelchair user), generalized anxiety disorder, autism, ADHD, and major depressive disorder, Jewish, Practicing Witch.

Native American (Nanticoke); LGBTQ+ (transgender, non-binary, queer, bisexual); Mental Illness (PTSD, eating disorders, anxiety, depression); Neurodiversity (ADHD, autism, selective mutism); Disability (physical/chronic illness), Sexual Assault / Domestic Violence, Trauma Survivor

Ableism, Classism, Sexism, Medical literature and representations, Catholicism/Christianity, Feminism

Black, LGBTQ (bisexual), woman, energy worker

Nonbinary, queer, Jewish with Ukrainian heritage. Physically disabled (cane and brace user, chronic illness, chronic pain, GI issues, dysautonomia, progressive neuropathy)
Neurodivergent and mentally ill (ADHD, anxiety, OCD, medical trauma, survivor experience) Hemiplegic migraines with aphasia Food allergies
Domestic violence patient advocate

British Asian (second generation Indian), Biracial, Bisexual, Non binary

Arab, Yemeni, Muslim Woman, Hijabi, Muslim American, Social Anxiety, Anxiety

Deaf, ASL fluent, hearing loss as a teenager

Biracial (Black & white), chronic illness (ulcerative colitis), anxiety

Black woman, monocular, history of blindness, wife of disabled veteran, interracial marriage (White husband), mother of biracial daughter, diagnosed Alpha Thalassemia, diagnosed moderate-severe asthma, PTSD (resulting from CSA) history of weight-loss surgery, extensive medical treatment across multiple subspecialties

African American woman/girls, Sexual assault and rape, Depression and Anxiety, Celiac Disease, Baldness due to alopecia, Black person in majority white spaces, Blended Family, Progressive Black Christianity, Interracial Romantic Relationships, Suburban Black culture, Performing Arts

Mexican American

Transgender, Autism Spectrum Disorder/Asperger's Syndrome, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder/Anxiety, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Asian American/Filipino

Gay male, Asexual Spectrum, Blind, Cerebral Palsy, Stutter/stammering

Muslim, South Asian, Pakistani, Middle East, immigrant background. Social anxiety.

Fat, white, disabled, anxiety, depression, PTSD, dissociation, and eating disorders, non-binary/gender spectrum, queer identities, survivor experiences (sexual, emotional, and mental), communal living, and rural communities, poverty/working class experience, low income housing, and social welfare systems.

Black man, LGBTQ+, Depression, ADHD, generalized and social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, Black in majority non-black spaces, Family trauma, Workplace discrimination