Shima Aisha Robinson works for the Edmonton Poetry Festival Society as the Artistic Producer, and for Fringe Theatre as the Learning and Outreach Manager. She is an alumnus of MacEwan University where she earned a BA in Sociology and Creative Writing. Currently, she is a University of Alberta – Master of Arts in Community Engagement (MACE) candidate who advances her enthusiasm for anti-oppression and social justice work volunteering, interning and working with local groups that address systemic issues of oppression and marginalization in amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (aka Edmonton). Shima is also an amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (aka Edmonton) born poet and spoken word artist who embodies, with every literary and scholarly effort, the ancient meaning of her chosen pen name. Dwennimmen is the name of an ancient African Adinkra symbol, which means strength, humility, learning and wisdom.