Zakirah White

Oakland

Zakirah is a writer and poet originally from Atlanta, Georgia. She is currently a communications major at Laney Community College and is passionate about writing and cultivating social change for people of indigenous and African American diaspora as well as other people of color. She worked as a student journalist with VOX ATL, Atlanta’s home for uncensored teen publishing and media, and currently writes for The Citizen. She is a proud Black Muslim woman with plans to travel the world telling stories as an investigative journalist.