Nikema Bell is a Jamaican creative and scholar whose work bridges literature and art. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature with a minor in Creative Writing from the University of the West Indies in 2022, where she received the Peepal Tree Prize and the Departmental Award. Recently, she completed her Master of Arts in English at James Madison University, with a focus on Caribbean and postcolonial literature. Her writing has appeared in Banyan Review, where she was recognized as a finalist for the 2025 Banyan Poetry Prize, the collaborative chapbook Worlds Within and Without, and County Lines Journal, among others. Currently, Nikema serves as the Special Projects Coordinator at the Furious Flower Poetry Center, where she is dedicated to supporting programs that celebrate and highlight Black poetic traditions.