Josie Di Sciascio/Andrews was born in Italy and emigrated to Canada at the age of 13. She was educated in Italy for the first part of her life, then pursued her high school studies in Oakville, Ontario. She studied Italian and French Literature at the University of Toronto and received her Bachelor of Education there as well. She has a Masters Degree in Education and is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Italian Literature. She has taught French and Italian at both the elementary and secondary levels for many years.

Her passions are reading and writing, especially poetry.
She is also passionate about music, ideas, art, sharing good times with
friends and family, movies and traveling. She has been published in magazines,and several anthologies including: University of Toronto's Comparative LiteratureJournal, Ascent Aspirations Borderlines Anthology, The Canada Cuba LiteraryAlliance, The Ontario Poetry Society's Butterfly Thunder Anthology, Poetry Canada Magazine, Oakville Arts About TownMagazine, The Oakville Bard and The Oakville Poetry Cafe' Chapbook series.