Nia Andino is a NY-born visual artist, poet, and ancestral researcher inspired by sankofa to pay homage to the beauty and strength of her Afro-Boricua, USVI, and African American roots. She's displayed her work at the New York Port Authority, the New York Botanical Gardens for the Frida Kahlo exhibit, the International House for the art opening of the Nina Simone documentary The Amazing Nina Simone, and the Defend Puerto Rico: CitiCien traveling exhibit. Nia has created the book cover art for In Defense of Glitter and Rainbows, Mujeres, The Magic, The Movement, The Muse and What They Leave Behind.

 

Her writing has been published in Moko Magazine, Anomaly, Dominican Writers, The Abuela Stories Project, Mujeres, The Magic, The Movement, and The Muse, Latinas: Protests and Struggles in the 21st Century USA, Beyond the Long Lines and What They Leave Behind.

You can find her work at www.andinostyles.com