Katerina Canyon

Katerina Canyon is a poet, writer, and nonprofit leader originally from Los Angeles, California. She currently serves as the Executive Director of the Peace Economy Project, where she advocates against the military industrial complex Her writing frequently explores how systems of violence shape everyday life and how storytelling can create space for resistance, empathy, and social transformation. Canyon holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University, where she specialized in international communication and NGO management, as well as an MFA in Creative Writing from Mississippi University for Women. As a poet and essayist, Canyon’s work often examines personal and collective trauma, spirituality, Black identity, embodiment, and historical memory. She currently lives in Harlem, New York.