Staff

Irena Datcu-Romano,
Creative Nonfiction Board Intern

Irena Datcu-RomanoIrena Datcu-Romano (she/her) is an artist of Romanian descent studying Religions & Cultures and Writing at the University of Victoria. She was raised on the unceded territories of the Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Stz’minus, Sto:lo, and Semiahmoo First Nations. Her poetry has been published in Work in Progress Mag, VOICES/VOIX Poetry Journal, yolk, EVENT, and The Warren. She has been shortlisted for contests with Pulp Literature and Quarterly West. Her poetry zine, Chess Game, was shortlisted for Broken Pencil’s Canzine Awards in 2021. She previously served as a Poetry Editor for This Side of West magazine.