Kelechi Ubozoh
Kelechi Ubozoh is a Nigerian-American writer and mental health advocate. A Pushcart Prize nominee and the first undergraduate published in The New York Times, she centers lived experience through advocacy and art. She is the co-author of the anthology We’ve Been Too Patient (with LD Green), a widely taught work amplifying marginalized voices who have endured psychiatric mistreatment, now available as an audiobook.
A nationally recognized voice, Kelechi has appeared on CBS This Morning and Good Morning America, and has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine for her work in suicide prevention. In the literary community, she co-hosts the Bay Area reading series MoonDrop Productions with Cassandra Dallett. Her writing is featured in Essential Truths, the Disaster Justice Guidebook for People of Color with Disabilities, The Mad Studies Reader, and Let Them Not Be Forgotten.
