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Sherestha Saini

Sherestha Saini lives in Ottawa with her husband and two cats, Smokey and Ivy. Born in India and raised in Oman, she spent close to two decades in New Jersey before making Ottawa her home in 2021. After her father’s passing, she found solace in writing poetry and personal essays, a path nurtured and encouraged by the Finding Your Writer’s Voice workshops led by Melanie White-Heron at Westboro Books.

My Heart is a Glorified Midwife published in Bywords.ca November 2025