Marylise Habiyambere

Activist, Student

Canadian poet. Feminist. Change-maker.

advocating for women's rights, empowering youth, volunteerism, providing platforms for youth to discuss international issues, and poetry.

Poetry! I have been published a few times in an American magazine called Rookie Mag as well as smaller local magazines such as the Write Stuff Magazine. I have also had my work published in the Poetry Institute of Canada’s Young Writers of Canada anthology, entitled “The Heart of Solstice”. I will also be appearing in their upcoming anthology of verse, entitled “Passages of the Heart.” Moreover, I received second place in the Poetry Institute of Canada’s 2016 National Poetry Contest.