Victor A. Kwansa, Esq. is a Ghanaian-American writer and attorney from Prince George’s County, Maryland. He received a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University in 2008, and he graduated from Harvard Law School in 2011. Victor was a participant in the 2024-2025 Harvardwood Writers Program - Virtual Features Group, and he completed the Fall 2024 Harvardwood Writers Program - Jeff Sagansky Harvardwood TV Writers Intensive. Victor was a finalist in the 2023 Harvardwood Writers Competition, and he was also a finalist for Lena Waithe's 2021 Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab Writing Track. In addition, Victor made the Top 50 of Roadmap Writers' 2021 JumpStart Writing Competition (Pilots), and he was a semifinalist for the 2022 Mentorship Matters Program. 

Victor’s poetry and essays have been featured in Essence magazine, The Huffington Post, Blavity, and a Yale booklet for incoming freshmen. Victor was also interviewed for the BET special, Content for Change: Black x Jewish. In addition, he was selected for the For(bes) The Culture community, and he was featured in The Root’s online gallery of up-and-coming artists and entrepreneurs. 

Victor has spoken and/or performed at events for various organizations such as Yale University, Harvard University, Clemson University, the University of Akron, the NAACP, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., K-12 schools, and community centers. While at Yale, Victor co-founded a performance poetry group which mainly consisted of minority students. As a Harvard Law student, Victor participated in Street Law workshops for juvenile offenders and interned for education-related nonprofit organizations. During law school, Victor also visited Ghana and toured historic sites such as slave castles and a former slave camp. Overall, Victor wants to create art that helps shape culture and positively impacts society.