LALINI SHANELA RANARAJA 

​ Lalini Shanela Ranaraja tells stories from the intersections of gender justice, immigration, mental health advocacy, and decolonial ecology. She has been raised by a wild and vibrant network of ecosystems, including Katugastota (Sri Lanka), Rock Island (Illinois) and the California Bay Area. She has written about defiant women, red-tailed hawks, best beloveds, mothertongues and luminous worlds for Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Calyx, Club Plum Literary Journal, Foglifter, Sky Island Journal, Strange Horizons, Wildness, and many others.