Kehinde Badiru is a UX Writer, Content & Product designer, and Poet who received a Creative Writing MFA Degree from St. Mary’s College of California. He is the author of a self-published memoir, and two collections of poetry—I Know Why Your Mother Cries, & An Assortment of Poetry Genres, co-edited with British poet, Angie Andrews.

Kehinde’s writing has also appeared in Visual Verse, Roosevelt University’s Oyez Review, RiskPress Anthology, and forthcoming elsewhere. Additionally, he founded WriteNowLit, a multigenre literary journal that is home to writers from diverse backgrounds. Kehinde served as Editor-in-Chief for MARY journal, and as the recipient of a Teaching Fellowship, works as a Writing Circle Facilitator at the SMC Writing Center.

Beyond the written word, he finds joy in the beauty of memory, dreams, visual design, and jazz music. Kehinde has received a RiskPress Fellowship and the prestigious Saint Mary’s College ‘Brenda Hillman Award’ for 2023, presented to a writer for their outstanding creative work and community spirit.