Tamara Aschenbrenner

Tamara Aschenbrenner (she/they) is a queer writer and communications professional whose work explores the intersections of identity, mental health, and language. As the grandchild of refugees and the daughter of a first-generation Canadian, she writes about the quiet weight of inheritance—what gets passed down, what gets lost, and what we choose to carry forward. Her work often reflects on queerness, feminism, neurodivergence, family, and the process of making sense of emotions that don’t always translate easily. A former magazine editor and a current volunteer with The Polyglot, she is especially interested in how language shapes our understanding of self, belonging, and wellbeing.