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  • Asa Todd

    Asa (she/her) is a New Jersey-based social media manager and blogger with a passion for all things beauty, as well as a mental health advocate. Living with Bipolar Disorder since the age of 12, Asa wants to ensure that no one else living with a mental illness feels shame or alone in their journey. She decided to incorporate her love for the beauty industry into her writing on her blog, Lithium To Lashes, to show that people living with a mental illness are not as one dimensional as mainstream media portrays them. In her spare time, she is a presenter for the NAMI In Our Own Voices Program.

  • Feminista Jones

    Feminista (she/her) is a Philadelphia-based social worker, feminist writer, public speaker, and community activist. She is an award-winning blogger and the author of the novel Push the Button, the poetry collection The Secret of Sugar Water, and the critically acclaimed Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World From the Tweets to the Streets (Beacon, Jan 2019). Her work centers Black American culture, critical race theory, feminism/ intersectionality, women’s health and well-being.

  • Niki Irene

    Niki (she/they) is a Washington, DC-based visual artist, sculptor, illustrator, cultural critic, creative consultant, and advocate for intersectional equality and equity. She frequently advises families and individuals experiencing homelessness on their rights, options, and resources. When she's not volunteering or providing aid she's helping to organize and raise awareness for issues affecting marginalized communities and being the neighborhood Auntie.