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Ruby Smith Diaz

Ruby Smith Diaz is an Afro Latina multidisciplinary artist, educator, and award-winning body-positive personal trainer. Her experiences growing up in a migrant, poor, single-parent family in amiskwaciy (Edmonton, AB) have inspired her to dedicate her life’s work to exploring and addressing issues of equity and social justice. Ruby currently resides on the unceded territories of the Stz’uminus peoples (Ladysmith, BC).

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A photo of Ruby Smith Diaz, author of Searching for Serafim. She is a Black woman with long hair and facial piercings. She is standing outdoors in a wooded area. The photo is taken by Hayf Photography.
“I realized that if I wanted to write truthfully, I would need to let go of the desire to protect his legacy”: Interview with Ruby Smith Díaz