Jayrod P. Garrett believes in creating a world where all of us belong. They are a multicultural storyteller with a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Nevada, Reno. As a child, they came to Utah on a three-week vacation that became more than forty years. During that time, they transitioned from being a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints into a nonbinary, Black, atheist, U.S. Veteran with PTSD, Anxiety, and AuDHD. Currently they work as an educator for RISE Virtual Academy where they teach Black students about Black history, a storyteller for the National Association of Black Storytellers, and as the Belonging Coordinator of Superstars Writing Seminars. They live in northern Utah with their spouse and three children.