2022 SPEAKERS

Moya Bailey

she/her

Speaker

A thin white woman with a pensive face, short hair, and wearing a white blazer stands in front of a large oil painting of a woman.

Eliza Chandler

she/her

Speaker

Elizabeth Ellcessor

she/her

Keynote Speaker

A white person with close-cropped hair. Here with a reserved smile and my most fun shirt (a multi-patterned, asymmetrical button-up).

Shannon Finnegan

they/them

Speaker

Aimi Hamraie

they/them

Keynote Speaker

Photo from bust up of Thai, a fair-skinned nonbinary person with dark hair, wearing a sheer fabric with one hand cupping their right breast. Their hand has remnants of transparent medical dressings and they are wearing a white bonnet with gathers around the face. Their black hair is peeking out as they gaze into the lens with their brown eyes and blush cheeks.

Thai Lu

they/them

Speaker

Carly Mandel

she/her

Speaker

Karen Nakamura

she/her

Keynote Speaker

Marisa Olson

she/they

Executive Director, Speaker, Moderator

Headshot of a middle-aged white woman with curly blond hair who is smiling and wearing a red jacket.

Carla Rice

she/they

Speaker

Stephanie Rosen

she/her


Speaker

Jonathan Sterne

he/they

Keynote Speaker

M. Remi Yergeau

they/them

Associate Director, Speaker, Moderator

Hannah Zeavin

she/her

Speaker


2022 COHORT

Barbara Nino, an olive-skinned person with freckles, brown eyes and hair, smiling at the camera. Her hair is tied at the back and she is wearing a black t-shirt and tiny pearl-like earrings. Behind her, a grey wall of her friend's photography studio.

Barbara Nino Carreras

she/her

Linh Dao, Art & Design, California Polytechnic State University

Linh Dao

she/her

White femme with shoulder-length, wavy brown hair. She is wearing large gold-rimmed glasses and smiling with closed lips at the camera.

C. R. Grimmer

they/them

A headshot of Josh Guberman, a smiling white man with short brown hair wearing a light blue-gray button-down shirt.

Josh Guberman

he/him

A nonbinary person with a dark beard, curly dark hair, black framed glasses, and a grey knitted beanie stands in front of a poster of the universal symbol for disability.

Ada Hubrig

they/them

An illustration of a South Asian woman with short green hair against a purple starry background, by KakiKasi.

Nishma Jethwa

she/they

Chelsea wears large headphones and smiles into the camera. She has brown hair and wears a pink, striped shirt. Behind her is a colourful painting and a record player.

Chelsea Temple Jones

she/her

The photograph is a head portrait of Christopher Kahle, who has short brown hair and a beard and is wearing a green t-shirt.

Chris Kahle

he/him

Front-facing portrait, long and curly brown hair, white collar on a black dress, fuzzy sweater.

Corinna Kirsch

she/they

Sasha Kurlenkova

she/he

Jessica, a white woman with reddish-brown hair and a white streak in the front, is wearing a blue top under a grey blazer with a colorful beaded necklace.

Jessica McCuaig

she/her

Person with a mohawk and arms crossed stands in the center of a green scenery of plants. They wear a black tank and black blazer.

Pau Nava

they/them

D. Pillis

he/they

Picture of a woman with a pixie cut, glasses, wearing a rainbow sweater.

Kate Prendella

she/her

An edited photo of Jess, a white Ashkenazi person with shoulder length dark hair. She's wearing square sunglasses and a black turtleneck. Her left arm is angled and she's tucking her hair behind her ear. Jess stands next to a street sign that says "Keep off roof, Radiation hazard" with a radiation symbol. The photo of Jess and the street sign have been edited with a magenta and blue gradient. The images are imposed in front of a pink line gradient with a night sky and a bright orange sun.

Jess Rauchberg

she/her

Lloyd Shelton

he/him

A red haired woman, dressed in a blue sweater and jeans, standing in a field of red and yellow flowers on a sunny day.

Amanda Shoaf

she/her

Sonaksha

they/them

A white woman with wavy brown hair is holding a gray tabby cat and smiling in the photo. She is wearing a black polo shirt with a purple butterfly embroidered on the chest.

Anastasia Todd

she/her

Molly is a white woman with short, wavy dark blond hair parted at the side and gold rimmed glasses. She is smiling with her teeth showing, and she is wearing a dark green blazer over a gray floral top. The background is black, and light is shining on her from the left.

Molly E. Ubbesen

she/they

Photo of a petite white woman with brown hair and glasses in her 30s standing in a flower garden.

Grace Wilsey

she/her

Black woman in glasses and a purple adult onesie/jumpsuit stands, hands in pockets with a little fro and a big smile over a white background.

Crystal J. Zanders

she/her

2021 SPEAKERS

Irina Aristarkhova

she/her


Speaker

André Brock

he/him


Keynote Speaker

Tony Bushner

Tony Bushner

they/them


Speaker

Stephanie Dinkins

she/her


Keynote Speaker

Rayvon Fouché

Rayvon Fouché

he/him


Keynote Speaker

Justin Joque

he/him


Speaker

Lisa Nakamura

she/her


Keynote Speaker

Imani Cooper Mkandawire

she/her


Speaker

Marisa Olson

Marisa Olson

she/they


Executive Director, Moderator

Nassim Parvin

she/her


Speaker

Stephanie Rosen

she/her


Speaker

Catherine Knight Steele

she/her


Keynote Speaker

Remi Yergeau

M. Remi Yergeau

they/them


Associate Director, Keynote Speaker, Moderator

2021 COHORT

Brienne Adams


Aaron Doughty

A brown-skinned person with curly black hair tumbling past their shoulders smiles into the camera.

Kim Fernandes

Steven Gonzalez

Ashleigh Greene Wade

Aria Halliday

Huan He


Kolawole Heyward-Rotimi

Quran Karriem

Dasol Kim

Ta’les Love

Allie Martin

Yvonne Morris


Jinx Mylo

Su Nam

Yvette Ramirez

Jessica Sage Rauchberg

Alejandra Regla-Vargas

Megan Rim


Close up portrait of Nica Ross a 30-something white transmasculine person with light brown hair, yellow framed glasses, wearing a white shirt and a fairly blank but engaged expression looking directly into the camera while standing in front of a bathroom door.

Nica Ross

Beth Semel

Emma Slager

Abram Stern

Rebecca Uliasz

Kelly Wheeler


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