Weruché Uzoka (formerly Weruche George) is a Nigerian-born writer who became an asylee after relocating to the United States in 2005 and a naturalized American citizen in 2013. She lived in Connecticut for 19 years (including making her home in Hamden) and has spent 1+ year in Los Angeles. She is a mum of two precious beings. Born in Lagos, Nigeria on Ubosi Ékè (Igbo market day calendar) and Ọjọ Iṣẹgun (Yoruba calendar—Tuesday), her work sits at the intersection of storytelling, human rights, and community service.

A Quinnipiac University honors graduate, she earned degrees in English, Communications, and Studies in the Law, Journalism, and Human Rights Studies, and later completed an additional M.A. in Human Rights Studies at Columbia University (2020). Her journalism work includes producing and directing the 30-minute documentary Is This Home Now?on refugee immigration and resettlement. Her public service has included delegations to the 13th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Warsaw and the UN 62nd Commission on the Status of Women; speaking as a refugee spokesperson in New Haven; and delivering the keynote at Emerge Connecticut’s 2019 graduation. Appointed by Hamden Mayor Curt Balanzo Leng, she served on Hamden’s Human Rights and Relations Commission until resigning in December 2022, and also served as a Connecticut Mirror Community Editorial Board member.

She founded Weruche Inspires International (WIIN), a Connecticut-based nonprofit advancing refugee and marginalized voices through arts and culture. Through WIIN, she has participated in NGO CSW68 (including presenting at two events) and hosted Nibun Chorus, a musical group of young children from the mountains of Taiwan, at a related forum. WIIN has also participated with special accreditation in the United Nations High-level Meeting to Commemorate the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women (New York) and the Second World Summit for Social Development (Doha).

Her resettlement support has included fundraising, practical assistance, and essential supplies—including helping an IRIS refugee with transportation in 2009 by passing along her Jeep Grand Cherokee, years before WIIN was formally established. She has served on the Board of Directors of Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS) and petitioned to run in a 2020 state representative race (general election: November 3, 2020). She is the author of two poetry volumes, the 57-book Princess Naku™ Series, and three plays released on August 12, 2023: Festac Baby, My Husband is a Warlock, and Ọdịnihu. She is of Igbo heritage and, in Nigeria, was a presenter, talent-competition judge, model, and the 1999 MBGN Miss Amity titleholder.