Shaista Latif is a Queer Afghan multidisciplinary artist and facilitator. Her works and collaborations have been presented by Koffler Centre of the Arts, Ontario Scene Festival, SummerWorks, Why Not Theatre, Blackwood Gallery, Mercer Union Gallery, the AGO, Halifax Queer Acts Festival, Cahoots Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Undercurrents Festival and Ontario Presents for the tour of her work The Archivist. She is a published playwright (Playwrights Canada Press) and voiced the character Soraya in the Oscar-nominated film The Breadwinner. She is a 2016 Siminovitch Protégée. Latif has an upcoming exhibit at the Art Gallery of Guelph (September 2021-December) for her work How I Learned to Serve Tea. You can follow her works and writings on Instagram @shaistalatifmakes