Faith Aya
is a painter, a poet, an illustrator , an animator and a data scientist.
Twenty-two years ago, Faith Aya discovered therapy through her pen. She wrote her first poem about her Nigerian deceased mother called “There’s Something Missing in My Life”. It wasn’t a school assignment. She was simply sad and didn’t know how to process the truth - her mom was killed in a drunk driving accident. She didn’t mourn, or even shed a tear, despite the fact four years had passed since her mom’s death.Instead, writing poetry and painting has been her saving grace to pour out her sadness, pain, love, fierceness, and self-love. Practicing meditation while painting and writing poetry anchors her and is where she finds the strength to compassionately confront pain in the eye.
