Saira Batasar-Johnie locates herself as a brown, Indo-Caribbean Canadian cisgender woman of

Indo-Caribbean/South Asian Indian descent and 1st generation settler in T’karonto/Toronto,

Ontario situated on the territory of the Anishinaabe, Mississaugas of the New Credit and

Haudenosaunee Peoples, with recognition to "The Dish With One Spoon" wampum and Treaty

13. Saira is an author, Child and Youth Care Practitioner, Registered Social Worker, who

currently works in post-secondary as a Student Affairs Coordinator, Part-time Professor across

the GTA and runs her own private practice. She is also a mom, wife, daughter, sister and friend.

Saira is passionate about bringing the history of Indo-Caribbeans to the newest diaspora of young

people. She hopes to educate young people with her words, her book “Dear Divya” is the first of

many and she hopes to inspire them to continue their journey of understanding themselves in this

world.