Clare Ramsaran, a writer of Indo-Guyanese and Irish heritage, was born and raised in London. She helped to found Women Unite Against Racism in Tower Hamlets, and MOSAIC, a London group for mixed-race queers. She has been living in San Francisco for the last thirteen years and works at a women’s NGO/nonprofit. She blogs at  clareramsaran.blogspot.com. Follow her on twitter @clareram