Boi-Lucia Gbaya-Kanga received her M.A. in poetry in 2002. The title of her thesis was S(a)lone. As an author of dramatic poetry, she has performed at various venues in Philadelphia and San Diego. Originally from Sierra Leone, her work focuses on issues such as fragmentation, displacement, exile, war, and relationships between mother and child. She is published in Sunshine Noir (an anthology published by City Works Press) and has an excerpt from her thesis published in Chain 12: Facts. In 2005 she was selected as a Peacewriter by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego, where she helped document the experiences of  Emmaculeta Chiseya of Zimbabwe. She co-hosts a specialty show "illfonix" on KSDS Jazz 88 and is involved in various upcoming projects with community artists, activists, and educators. She has taught Composition and Literature at City and MiraCosta Colleges in San Diego.