Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio

Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio is a Filipina-Canadian author, speaker, and school board consultant who builds bridges between educators and Filipino families through her initiative, Filipino Talks. After completing her Masters in Immigration and Settlement Studies, she graduated from the Humber School for Writers and completed a residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. She was a finalist for the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award and her stories have been published in Geist, TAYO Literary Magazine, and LooseLeaf Literary Magazine, and anthologized by Akdang Dayo, Guernica Editions, and Cormorant Books. Born and raised in Sarnia, Ontario, she now lives with her husband and dog in downtown Toronto, where she is writing her second novel.