Rania M. M. Watts has been writing poetry since the age of 13, when she first discovered the healing power of the written word, a force that continues to shape her work today. Through perseverance and lived experience, she has forged a creative path rooted in resilience, vulnerability, and hope. Her poetry fearlessly explores dark and complex subject matter while consistently offering threads of light and human connection throughout her work. Rania is the curator of the Roach Print Anthology, with all profits donated to global mental health initiatives. Her work has appeared in the 48th Street Press Broadside Series and Open Minds Quarterly’s special classroom edition, which is used to educate college and high school students about mental health awareness. In addition to her advocacy through poetry, she has contributed music journalism and reviews to UK-based publications The Punk Archive and Music Gateway. Outside of writing, Rania earned a Social Service Worker Diploma in 1997, with a focus on HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention, advocacy, and suicide intervention. In Spring 2021, she received a Graduate Certificate in Victimology with honours, and in April 2025, she graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Behavioural Science. She is currently pursuing a Music Business diploma, combining her academic background with her passion for the arts, advocacy, and the music industry. A multidisciplinary creative, Rania explores a wide range of fine art mediums, though poetry remains her truest form of expression. Whether with a pen, quill, crayon, or eyeliner, she has long embraced imagination as a guiding force, ever since telling a teacher at age 13 that she dreamed of escaping to Europe with a typewriter, parchment, and ink to write among open fields.In 2023, Rania released several new and expanded poetry collections, including Trajectory, an exploration of personal limits and self-awareness; Verity, a study of human dialogue through idiosyncratic and juxtaposed perspectives; and Broken Candy, a collection centred on resilience, with proceeds supporting Advance and Bags of Love UK. She also released updated editions of Cockroach Blueprint 213 Ways to Kill a Cockroach, an expanded version of her earlier collection, and Navigation, which merges Accordions & Moustaches with Cement Covered Ink Quills & Rarities, alongside new material. Rania is currently working on her latest book, WTF Is Wrong With You, inspired by her 2023 trip to the UK. The forthcoming release explores personal reflection, human behaviour, culture, and emotional resilience through her signature poetic lens, and is expected to hit shelves in Fall 2026.