Bitaniya Giday

Bitaniya Giday is a first-generation Ethiopian American residing in Seattle. Her writing explores the intersections between womanhood and blackness, as she reflects upon her family’s path of immigration across the world. She served as the Seattle Youth Poet Laureate in 2021 and now is a Wa Na Wari Black Spatial Histories Institute Fellow, and Truman Scholar. As a trained oral historian and a restorative justice practitioner, she is a strong believer that storytelling and poetry are powerful tools for healing, empathy, and social justice.

Artist Support Program 2025 (with Jahnvi Madan): Rhythmic Storytelling – an Oral History, Poetry and Jazz Project