Wangeci Gitau (she/ they) is a writer, poet, and cultural organizer from from the Merrimack Valley by way of the Kenyan diaspora. She is the author of two poetry collections—there’s the truth and there’s other things (2019) and i’m not allowed to explain (only foreshadow and reminisce) (2021)—which explore themes of memory, migration, and identity.

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Wangeci is the co-founder and co-editor of Exposed Brick Literary Magazine, a community-rooted publication that has released six issues featuring local and global artists. Through Exposed Brick and beyond, she has curated book launches, community art workshops, youth showcases, and interdisciplinary performances centering Black, queer, and diasporic voices. Her events blend poetry, music, visual art, and ritual—transforming public space into places of collective reflection and celebration.

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Her writing has been featured in Here to Stay: Poetry and Prose From Across the Undocumented Diaspora(HarperCollins), the Bread Loaf School of English Journal, and stages across the country including UC Berkeley’s Center for Race and Gender, the Huntington Theater, and WGBH’s “Stories from the Stage.”

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Wangeci has worked in public education for nearly a decade and continues to teach and mentor young artists. As a Gikuyu culture maker, she creates multidisciplinary work rooted in land, liberation, and ancestral knowledge—whether through mural-making, fashion, playwriting, or public storytelling.