Mariama J. Lockington is a writer, nonprofit educator, and transracial adoptee who calls many places home. She is the founder of the womanist project the Black Unicorn Book Club and is published in a number of journals and magazines including BuzzFeed News Reader, the Washington Square Review: Issue 36, Prelude Magazine, and Bodega Magazine. Mariama lives in Michigan with her partner and their dapple-haired dachshund, Henry. You can find more of her work at www.mariamajlockington.com