Blessing Nwodo [she/her]

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Blessing O. Nwodo is a strategic and multidisciplinary storyteller. She offers a distinctive blend of extensively published experience as a communications professional. With expertise in marketing management, she has collaborated with global powerhouses like Unilever, UN Women, and leading industry giants, driving impactful results on an international scale. Her creative work spans a diverse range of mediums, including opera, film, immersive art exhibitions, documentaries, sonic storytelling, fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.

She is the recipient of the City of Toronto’s Pam McConnell Leadership Award, the 2021 African Writers Awards, the WIGLEAF TOP 50 Writers of 2020 award, and others. When she's not relishing fashion, she can often be found pulverizing the patriarchy. She is working on a collection of speculative fiction and a novel. You can check out her work on blessingnwodo.com.