Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio's work as a school settlement worker, journalist, Little Manila tour guide, and school board consultant through her initiative, Filipino Talks, inspired her debut novel, Reuniting with Strangers. Her stories have been published in Geist, Changing the Face of Canadian Literature, Magdaragat: An Anthology of Filipino-Canadian Writing, and more. She was a finalist for the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Authors Award. Based in Toronto, Jennilee spends a lot of time thinking about the Filipino community-- and celebrating them, too.