Ayden Massey is a queer filmmaker and author. A Mary Turner Lane Chancellor’s Award nominee, Ayden holds a dual BA in English and Gender Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At 23, Ayden’s thematic exploration of epigenetic trauma, survivorship, and queer temporality has been celebrated across the literary and visual arts, including features in All Existing, Apricity, Hawai‘i Pacific Review, Idiosyncrazy Magazine, The Kollection, and a finalist mention in The New York Times Found Poem Contest. Committed to trauma advocacy and multimedia experimentalism, Ayden will pursue their MS degree at Harvard Medical School, using narrative research to address medical disenfranchisement.

Their debut book, American Nesting Doll is available now for pre-purchase in The Book tab