Donica Merhazion is an educator, writer, and cultural storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. She teaches at the International School of Kenya, where her work centres on inclusive, trauma-informed learning and on creating environments that prioritize psychological safety, self-reflection, and growth. Her practice emphasizes the role of story in shaping identity, belonging, and historical understanding. She is the author of Born at the End of the World, a historical fiction novel inspired by her parents’ lived experiences and rooted in East African history. The novel grew from a desire to honor oral storytelling traditions and to explore how understanding our individual and collective histories functions not only as memory but as a living source of resilience, joy, and resistance across generations. Donica’s writing and teaching are deeply intertwined. In both spaces, she examines how culture sustains people through disruption and change, and how storytelling can strengthen communities by restoring continuity, dignity, and voice. Her work reflects a belief that culture is not a static inheritance, but an active force that allows communities to survive, resist, and create meaning forward. Through her writing, classroom practice, and public conversations, Donica invites audiences to consider how understanding one’s own identity can serve as a source of strength and imagination, and how storytelling itself can be an act of hope.