Born in 1978 in Taiwan. He immigrated to South Africa with his family as a child and lived there for more than 25 years, earning a PhD in Molecular Medicine. After returning to Taiwan to find his “Taiwanese-ness”, and through a series of serendipitous coincidences, his career path turned to one of interpretation/translation and teaching. He assisted the Formosa International Poetry Festival in Tamsui for many years, which led to him starting to write poetry. Currently living in Tamsui, Te-chang Mike Lo has returned to graduate school to study for a PhD in English, to further improve his writing skills and literary foundation. He is the translator of Li Yu-fang’s “At Dawn” poetry collection and Kenyan poet Christopher Okemwa’s “Christopher Okemwa: Selected Poems” poetry collection. His first poetry collection “Taiwan Days•South Africa Nights” was published in September 2023.