BIOGRAPHY

Kanitha Heng Snow is a writer, social impact leader, and first-time filmmaker whose work explores war, displacement, and their lasting effects on individuals and communities. Committed to supporting refugees and immigrants in building a sense of wealth, worth, and well-being, She serves as the Executive Director of the Colgate Writers Conference and is actively involved in nonprofit leadership. She sits on the boards of The Village Institute (Aurora, CO), which empowers refugee and immigrant mothers and youth, and the Colorado Asian Culture and Education Network (Denver, CO), which advocates for AANHPI communities through cultural exchange and education.

She has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia University. Her memoir, I Am My Mother’s Mother: A Story of Birth, Death, and Reincarnation, explores intergenerational trauma, memory, and motherhood across Cambodia and America. This memoir also inspired her directorial debut with Kamnop.

Based in Denver, Colorado, Kanitha is most likely buried in the pages of books like On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Crying in H Mart, and The Year of Magical Thinking.