Professor Faith Adiele holds degrees from Harvard College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop (dual MFA in fiction and nonfiction, 2002). A Nigerian-Nordic-American writer, she is author of the PEN Open Book Award-winning memoir Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun, documenting her experience as Thailand's first Black Buddhist nun. Her experimental chapbooks include The Nigerian-Nordic Girl's Guide to Lady Problems, Her Voice: Hänen Äänensä: A Hybrid Memoir, and Voice/Over: A Memoir Breakout in 7 Movies. Her media credits span HBO-Max's A World of Calm (narrated by Mahershala Ali and Kate Winslet), the PBS documentary My Journey Home, and Sleep Stories for the Calm app. She is co-founder of African Book Club and the nation's first writing workshop for BIPOC travelers. A recipient of UNESCO International Artists Bursary and over 20 artists' residencies worldwide, she teaches creative nonfiction at CCA and serves as the chair of CCA's Undergraduate Writing and Literature Program.