Guyleigh Johnson is a proud African Nova Scotian author, spoken word artist, community advocate, and Arts facilitator from Dartmouth. She has a passion for inner and collective healing, youth engagement, and creative expression. She has published two books, Expect The Unexpected (2016) and Afraid Of the Dark (2018), both with Pottersfield press. In 2018 she won the Ancestral Roots Award, presented by Delmore Buddy Daye Learning Institute. This year she won The Inspirational Griot award for her short film Scratching the Surface presented by Emerging Lens Cultural Film Festival. This year her film was nominated for best direction of a documentary series at the Canadian Screen Awards. Her purpose is to create and cultivate access for youth in her community to pursue literary arts.