Kanika Chopra (she/they) is a writer, editor, public speaker and facilitator with a desire to elevate the voices of underrepresented artists and writers. She is also the creator and editor of the literary zine More than Melanin and co-director of the 2023 National Young Writers’ Festival. They have written for publications such as TimeOut Mumbai, South Asian Today and Colournary Magazine, and was awarded the Best Voice prize at the 2020 Darebin Mayor’s Writing Awards.