Itto Outini is a Fulbright Scholar, Steinbeck Fellow, MacDowell Fellow (2024), journalist, public speaker, Co-Founder & Editor in Chief at The DateKeepers, founder of Fulbrighters with Disabilities, and author of the memoir Blindness is the Light of My Life.
Mekiya Outini is an award-winning author, editor, essayist, novelist, MacDowell Fellow (2024), Co-Founder & Managing Editor at The DateKeepers, co-author of Blindness is the Light of My Life, inveterate knitter, and self-styled gourmet bean chef.