Martinez, Kofi (born 1989) is a Ghanaian-Mexican American writer and youth services librarian. Raised between El Paso, Texas, and Accra, he studied comparative literature at the University of New Mexico and earned an M.S. in information studies from the University of Texas at Austin. He has led teen zine workshops, coached poetry slams, and co-founded a cross-border storytelling collective for young writers in the Southwest. His short fiction and essays have appeared in regional magazines and small press anthologies. He lives in Santa Fe with a rescue dog named Nandi and an ever-growing stack of library discards.
