Dreylan Johnson is a Guyanese creative who found writing long before she found herself. A Chevening Scholar, she graduated with an MA in Cultural and Creative Industries from the University of Sussex in 2021. She spent her early career in the newsroom, where she developed a love for long-form journalism and capturing the human dimensions of storytelling. In 2017, she won the Guyana Press Association’s award for Best Feature in Print. Dreylan was the former co-curator of The Writers’ Room, a weekly column once published in the Stabroek News, featuring the work of Guyanese creative writers. She now curates cultural mobility opportunities for Caribbean creatives via The Culture Junction on Instagram. While she has recently taken a liking to the personal essay form, she is a poet first and always, and this affinity is evident throughout her portfolio of work.