Akankasha is a development researcher, writer, and poet whose work revolves around women, freedom, and mobility. Her work is with women migrants, understanding their lived realities, aspirations, struggles, and deepening her engagement with migration, labor, and gendered experiences of movement. She continues on this path, exploring how women navigate spaces, technology, and freedom in an ever-shifting world. A keen listener and storyteller, Akankasha finds inspiration in conversations with individuals, weaving their narratives into her research and writing. Her poetry and prose reflect the complexities of life, migration, and longing. She calls herself a long-lost explorer, believing that as a community, we are all lost—and in losing, we discover, explore, and eventually, fly.