Elton Johnson is a writer, lecturer, and development communication specialist in Jamaica. Currently, he works as Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Literatures in English at The University of the West Indies, Mona. He was the 2016 Emerging Global Leader’s Fellow from the US Embassy in Jamaica. His career has been dedicated to using development communication and literary advocacy to improve the lived outcomes of people affected by gender- and sexuality-based discrimination. He has an MPhil in Literatures in English and BA in Media and Communications from The University of the West Indies, Mona. His work has been published in literary magazines such as Callaloo, The Write Launch, and The Nabu Review. He is currently working on his short story collection, Where Parallel Lines Meet.