Lauren DiBenedetto is a Toronto-based writer with a Master’s degree in Literatures of Modernity from Toronto Metropolitan University and a background in English and Theatre. With two years of experience covering the city’s food, arts, culture, and travel scenes, her work has appeared in Streets of Toronto, Post City Magazines, Toronto Life, and Broken Pencil Magazine. Her creative nonfiction has been featured in Love and Literature and The White Wall Review, blending a sharp critical voice with a love for storytelling rooted in place and community.