Nadeesha Uyangoda is a writer, podcaster and freelance author. Her work focuses on race, identity and migration. Her stories have appeared in Al Jazeera English, The Telegraph, Vice Italy, Open Democracy, L'essenziale, La Repubblica, among others. He created the podcast Sulla Razza. His debut non-fiction book “The Only Black Person in the Room” (66thand2nd) was published in 2021 and won the Premio Anima for Literature and the Premio Speciale Rapallo “Anna Maria Ortese”. He lives in Milan with his dog Artù.