Itto Outini is an author, book coach, Fulbright Scholar, Steinbeck Fellow, and co-founder of The DateKeepers, a full-service author support platform dedicated to elevating writers and creators around the globe.
Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The North American Review, The Chicago Tribune, The Fulbright Chronicle, and elsewhere, and she has spoken for organizations including Cal Tech University, Verizon Wireless, The International Trade Centre, and The United Nations. She holds an M.A. in journalism and strategic media from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
At MacDowell, Outini finalized her memoir, which recounts her harrowing journey from rural Morocco, where she was blinded by a family member at the age of 17, to the heights of educational attainment and the halls of global power. This project also earned support from the Steinbeck Fellows Program at San Jose State University (2023-2024). In addition to revising the manuscript, she developed a book proposal, conducted market research, and began developing a marketing plan.
