[3] Okorie moved to Ireland in 2006 with her infant daughter and lived in the direct provision system, which was when she began writing.
[8] This Hostel Life was bought by Virago Press in 2019,[6] and adapted into an operatic work by the Irish National Opera.
[9] Her work has been published in LIT Journal, College Green Magazine, and Dublin: Ten Journeys One Destination, Alms on the Highway.
This is a collection of works by female writers including Okorie, Catherine Dunne, Hilary Fannin, Lia Mills and Sheila O'Flanagan who were paired with activists.
[11] Okorie is a board member of the National Network of Migrant Women in Ireland, and is a creative writing workshop facilitator for children and young people.