Beth Winegarner

My name is Beth Winegarner

Email: bethnin@gmail.com

My pronouns are: she/her

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: Journalism, writing, reading, sewing, crafting, historybounding, medicinal herbs and plants, foraging, cemeteries in San Francisco, haunted places in Sonoma County, pop culture (especially music/film/TV), heavy metal, disability justice, fat justice, genealogy and family history, connection with the land.

Ask me about: Writing/editing, Visual arts/crafts, Music, Gardening

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Foraging, plant medicine

Website: www.bethwinegarner.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethwinegarner/

Danica Li

My name is Danica Li

Email: rondaview@gmail.com

My pronouns are: she/hers

I live in: East Bay

What I do / What I’m into: I'm a union lawyer and writer!

Ask me about: Writing/editing, Publicity, Public speaking, Password sharing, Event planning, Pet sitting, Housesitting, Exercising/hiking, Music, Political organizing & activism, Food & cooking, Carpooling, Gardening

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Everything!

Website: www.danicaxli.com

Instagram: @danicaxli

Twitter: @danicaxli

Alex Harker

My name is Alex Harker

Email: alex@field-collective.land

My pronouns are: she/her

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: I'm a landscape architect and I love plants! I co-founded a landscape architecture practice, Field Collective, that focuses on design for ecological resilience. I am fortunate to live very close to the Ruby here in the Mission District. I have a 4 year-old daughter that keeps me very busy. Whenever I have free time I love to exercise. I spend a lot of time dancing at ODC. I also love pilates and gyrotonic.

Ask me about: Exercising/hiking, Running a business, Gardening, Plants

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: All the facets of running a business, Spanish language learning, maintaining an art practice, creative technology, parenting

Website: https://field-collective.land/

Instagram: @field_collective_land

Niba Audrey Nirmal

My name is Niba Audrey Nirmal

My pronouns are: She/her/hers

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: I'm a content creator, exploring plants and science through makeup. I'm into unique chip flavours, science, makeup, plants, journaling, meditation, yoga, pilates, reading and petting cats.

Ask me about: Public speaking, Visual arts/crafts, Marketing, Pet sitting, Exercising/hiking, Technology, Graphic Design, Running a business, Podcasting/radio, Film/TV, Fashion/jewelry, Science, Food & cooking, Gardening, Meditation

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Everyone at the Ruby! Especially those with overlapping interests <3

Website: www.notesbyniba.com

Instagram: @notesbyniba

Twitter: @NotesByNiba

Erin Bank

My name is Erin Bank

My pronouns are: she/her

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: I'm a grant writer and consultant specializing in research strategy for my day job; I write fiction, personal essays, blogs on the side.

Ask me about: Writing/editing, Pet sitting, Exercising/hiking, Music, Science, Political organizing & activism, Gardening

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Freelancing, running and kite surfing, science, politics (local and national), wine, gardening and indoor plants, dog training, journalism

Website: www.bankoferin.com

Instagram: @bankoferin

Twitter: @bankoferin

Tammy Tarng

My name is Tammy

My pronouns are: she/her

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: I read, write, hike with my dog. Am constantly on the hunt for great grocery stores. Am a beginner cook + surfer.

Ask me about: Writing/editing, Publicity, Exercising/hiking, Music, Film/TV, Food & cooking, Carpooling, Gardening

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Meeting new folks! I moved to San Francisco last year and still have brand new eyes when it comes to the Bay area and the communities in it.

Also always love hearing about favorite grocery stores, small business, good books and snack recommendations.

Instagram: @tamgelos

Amy K. Bell

My name is Amy K. Bell

My pronouns are: she/her

I live in: East Bay

What I do / What I’m into: Writer, Early Childhood Educator, Mom, Editor at Drop Leaf Press

Ask me about: Writing/editing, Political organizing & activism, Food & cooking, Gardening

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Events, Visual Art, Dance/Theater

Website: amykbell.com

Instagram: @amykbell

Shasha Du

My name is Shasha Du

My pronouns are: she/hers

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: I'm a Co-Founder & Creative Director of Wild Awake, a nonprofit org that curates immersive outdoor experiences for adults & youth to bring us closer to the earth, each other, and ourselves.

Ask me about: Visual arts/crafts, Marketing, Exercising/hiking, Music, Nonprofits, Photography, Graphic Design, Running a business, Political organizing & activism, Gardening

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Creative writing

Website: www.shashaxdu.com

Instagram: @shalaladu

Angela DeCenzo

My name is Angela DeCenzo

My pronouns are: she/her

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: I'm a commercial and editorial portrait, food and travel photographer. I love being in nature, road trips, sewing & needlepoint, flea markets, thrift shopping, cooking healthy food, fermentation, movies, reading, caring for my houseplants, hanging out with my kids and infusing creativity into my everyday life.

Ask me about: Visual arts/crafts, Exercising/hiking, Photography, Running a business, Food & cooking, Gardening

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: I recently discovered the painter Artemisia, Gentileschi who was a feminist Baroque painter which inspired me to learn more about feminist artists from history. I'm also trying to learn more about Italian folk magic and how my ancestors infused that into their everyday lives. My kids and I taught ourselves to play Mahjong during lockdown and I'm trying to get better at playing. And always on the lookout for interesting subjects to photograph, currently working on a project on finding beauty in deteriorating objects, specifically mold.

Website: https://www.angeladecenzo.com

Instagram: @angeladecenzo

Twitter: @

Chanamon Ratanalert

My name is Chanamon Ratanalert

Email: chanamon.shop@gmail.com

My pronouns are: she/her/hers

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: Illustration and all things crafting

Ask me about: Visual arts/crafts, Technology, Graphic Design, Illustration, Running a business, Gardening, Dog training, Service Dogs & ESAs

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Growing my business, Living a creative life!

Website: www.chanamon.com

Instagram: @madebychanamon

Alexia Nader

My name is Alexia Nader

Email: alexia.nader@gmail.com

My pronouns are: She/her

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: Writing, Teaching

Ask me about: Writing/editing, Event planning, Visual arts/crafts, Babysitting, Pet sitting, Housesitting, Exercising/hiking, Food & cooking, Carpooling, Gardening

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Art, Dance, Parenting, Cooking

Website: https://alexianader.com/

Twitter: @arnader

Bethany Kaylor

My name is Bethany Kaylor

Email: kaylorbe@gmail.com

My pronouns are: She/her

I live in: East Bay

What I do / What I’m into: Writing (mostly creative nonfiction; mostly reported essays and personal essays)! Also visual note-taking, animation, and drawing.

Ask me about: Writing/editing, Visual arts/crafts, Marketing, Pet sitting, Exercising/hiking, Nonprofits, Food & cooking, Carpooling, Gardening

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Drawing! Watercolor painting. Color theory, drawing in perspective, you know, the works....I'm also interested in more tactile art, like lino-cut prints. (After so much writing, it's a real relief to just use my hands to make something). I'd love to chat with a trained graphic designer; I'm new to the field (by way of my job), and I'm so curious to learn more about the principles of composition and balance and typography and all that.

Website: www.bethanykaylor.com

Instagram: @kaylorbe

Kari Leibowitz

My name is Kari Leibowitz

Email: kari@karileibowitz.com

My pronouns are: She/her

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: What I do: psychology communicator (speaker, writer, teacher), writing a nonfiction book; What I'm into: pottery, cooking, hikes, my dog, house plants/light gardening, candles + coziness, reading for fun (mostly fiction), binge-watching TV, elaborate jokes

Ask me about: writing/editing, Public speaking, Password sharing, Housesitting, Exercising/hiking, Science, Food & cooking, Gardening

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Finding my personal style (a quest I am currently on), cooking things I don't normally cook, clothing swaps, book clubs, jewelry making, exploring my artistic/creative side

Website: karileibowitz.com

Instagram: @karismatically

Twitter: @karismatically

Nicole Wong

My name is Nicole Wong

Email: nicoleemwong@gmail.com

My pronouns are: She/her/hers

I live in: East Bay

What I do / What I’m into: My day job is working at Spotify on the Podcast Business Operations team. I started my career in audio/podcasting in 2016 at Gimlet Media as an audio producer. Non-audio related: I'm into crafting (embroidery, polymer clay, collage), watercolor & pen illustration, mahjong, inventing new recipes out of leftovers, flea markets and learning new things!

Ask me about: Writing/editing, Event planning, Visual arts/crafts, Exercising/hiking, Nonprofits, Podcasting/radio, Food & cooking, Gardening

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about:
Bay Area/Oakland history, media studies, film/tv production, graphic design, political organizing & activism

Instagram: @nikiwongie

Twitter: @nikiwongie

Helen Shewolfe Tseng

My name is Helen Shewolfe Tseng

Email: wolfchirp@gmail.com

My pronouns are: They/she

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: freelance design, making art and zines, reading and teaching tarot, observing coyotes, reading books, making and sharing food; currently learning gardening, creative code/computing, and ways to incorporate ancestral wisdom into my witch practice

Ask me about: Writing/editing, Visual arts/crafts, Technology, Graphic design, Illustration, Running a business, Podcasting/radio, Science, Accounting/finance/investing, Food & cooking, Gardening, tarot, witches, coyotes and wild canids

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: gardening, food and plant medicine, ecology, writing, making things with my hands and with code, multidisciplinary creative endeavors and collaborations, artist grants/residencies/opportunities

Website: http://shewolfe.co/

Instagram: http://instagram.com/wolfchirp

Twitter: http://twitter.com/wolfchirp

Vicki Lang

My name is Vicki Lang

Email: vickimlang@gmail.com

My pronouns are: She/they

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: For work, I'm a learning designer and with a psych and education background. At home, I do parenting, meditation, reading, running, puzzles, and music.

Ask me about: Event planning, Pet sitting, Housesitting, Exercising/hiking, Music, Technology, Nonprofits, Running a business, Accounting/finance/investing, Political organizing & activism, Carpooling, Gardening

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Interested in healthy simple living, intentional relationships, community care, co-housing, outsider art, intuition and alternative ways of knowing, absurdity/surrealism, consciousness/the hologram and how to balance being of use with being my own. (But I'm not an Aquarius or anything.)

Instagram: @harryhelpsthedancers

Michelle Yee

My name is Michelle Yee

Email: m@michelleyee.com

My pronouns are: She/her

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: writing, photography, collage

Ask me about: Writing/editing, Public speaking, Event planning, Visual arts/crafts, Exercising/hiking, Photography, Accounting/finance/investing, Carpooling, Gardening

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: cooking, pickling / fermenting, baking, quilting, podcasting

Website: michelleyee.com

Instagram: @_michelleyee

Twitter: @_michelleyee

Bethany Woolman

My name is Bethany Woolman

Email: bwoolman@gmail.com

My pronouns are: She & they

I live in: East Bay

What I do / What I’m into: Writing, nonprofit communications, crafting, interior design, strength training, houseplants

Ask me about: Writing/editing, Visual arts/crafts, Exercising/hiking, Nonprofits, Running a business, Political organizing & activism, Gardening

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: I'd love to learn more about screenwriting and working on film sets :)

Website: bethanywoolman.com

Instagram: @besalyn

Rachel Khong

My name is Rachel Khong

Email: http://www.rachelkhong.com/contact

My pronouns are: She/her

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: I'm a writer, editor, and novelist. I founded The Ruby in January 2018 and retired at the end of 2021 (though I remain a member!). Before I started The Ruby and published my novel, I was an editor at the food quarterly Lucky Peach. I love reading and writing, food and cooking, interior decorating, and music. I’m working on a podcast called “Trash/Treasure,” about reusing food containers.

Ask me about: Writing/editing, Publicity, Password sharing (Hulu, HBO, etc.), Event planning, Housesitting, Event planning, Running a business, Food & cooking, Gardening

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: I’m hoping to travel more in 2022 and beyond! If you’re interested in cat sitting, I have a cat named Bunny and a two-bedroom apartment in the Mission. :) I’m also currently learning more about: landscape architecture, botany and gardening (flowers and vegetables), traditional Chinese medicine & herbalism, and folk tales and mythology. I’m an enthusiastic but beginner sewer and quilter. As of the pandemic, I’m also newly into fountain pens.

Website: rachelkhong.com

Instagram: @rrrrrrrachelkhong

Twitter: @rachelkhong