Nichelle Santagata is a nonfiction/fiction, prose and poetry writer focusing on identity, culture, race, mental health, and travel. She is a hip hop and contemporary dancer, movement artist, photographer, sound artist, short filmmaker/videographer, and illustrator, originally from so-called Arizona, USA.
Nichelle is currently based in Scotland working through her Sociology PhD focusing on Black women’s mental health and healing through autoethnography and arts-based methods. She received her Master of Liberal Studies from Arizona State University, Postgraduate Certificate in Comparative Literatures and Cultures from University of Bristol, and Bachelor of Arts in English Literature with a minor in Film & Media Studies from Arizona State University.