My name is Anya (Anna) Mikołajczyk (Miko-y-chick). I can say that my life is “hand made” – I carve in wood with chisels and mallet in traditional way, and I have grown up alongside hand made wooden sculptures and Polish folklore. My father taught me to carve. The artist-soul in me shouted to come out and share my ideas, my pain, as a woman and mum – with immigrant experiences, rage and my love too. I graduated from University in Poznan/Poland with Health Education Degree. I am fascinated with art therapy, feelings and making change. I am developing my own creative and coaching business. Thanks to Ekua Bayunu I have the pleasure to work in ‘Sky Studio’ and with her project ‘women hold up half the sky’. Now I put piece of my heart into the Travelling Heritage Bureau.