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My name is Nicole Carlos-Watson
Email: carloswatsoninterpreting@gmail.com
My pronouns are: they/them
I live in: East Bay
What I do / What I’m into: ASL/English Interpreter
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Public speaking, Event planning, Marketing, Nonprofits, Political organizing & activism
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Pilipinx diaspora, disability justice, anti imperialism and decolonization
Instagram: @elementarymydear
My name is Ari Kalinowski (Delta_Ark)
Email: arikalinowski@gmail.com
My pronouns are: they/them
I live in: East Bay
What I do / What I’m into: https://delta.center/
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Visual arts/crafts, Music, Technology, Nonprofits
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: creating and running a social science fiction workshop at the ruby
Website: https://delta.center/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delta.ark/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/delta_ark
My name is Zareen Choudhury
Email: zareenrc@gmail.com
My pronouns are: she/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: Cartoonist, writer, urban sketcher. Obsessed with TV, film, and graphic novels.
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Event planning, Visual arts/crafts, Nonprofits, Event planning, Film/TV
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Please help me get over my fear of driving, become a better cyclist/swimmer/[insert physical activity here], teach me a new gluten-free recipe, or tell me about your chronic ailments.
Website: www.zareenchoudhury.com
Instagram: @catch.some.zees
Twitter: @catch.some.zees
My name is Shane Kennedy
Email: Shane@divergelabs.com
My pronouns are: They / them
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: Entrepreneurship, web design, queer activism, freediving and scuba diving, ex marine biologist
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Event planning, Marketing, Exercising/hiking, Technology, Nonprofits, Graphic Design, Running a business, Science, Political organizing & activism
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: What does entrepreneurship look like for those who do not want to support the harmful aspects of capitalism?
My name is Salina Isaq
My pronouns are: she/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: I'm a civil rights attorney. I'm a foodie who loves to bake, go hiking, read, dance, and sit in the sun!
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Public speaking, Babysitting, Pet sitting, Housesitting, Exercising/hiking, Music, Technology, Nonprofits, Event planning, Political organizing & activism, Food & cooking, Carpooling
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Cooking, gardening, and working with fiber-based arts!
Instagram: @salinaa.x
My name is Catherine Thomas
My pronouns are: she/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: I'm a social psychologist studying behavioral science, culture, poverty and inequality. I'm into learning about different cultures and travel. Nearby, I'm interested in dancing, seeing live music, and going on city and nature adventures.
Ask me about: Exercising/hiking, Music, Nonprofits
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: foraging, queer theory, how to sing well, among a million other things :)
Website: www.catherinethomas.org
Instagram: @ccatthomas
Twitter: @ccatthomas
My name is Katherine Lin
My pronouns are: she/her
I live in: South Bay
What I do / What I’m into: Writer and Lawyer (tenants-rights advocate and former fellow at ACLU)
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Public speaking, Nonprofits, Film/TV, Fashion/jewelry, Political organizing & activism
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: I adore pop culture and would love to chat with you about all things tv/movies/celeb. I'm also down to talk about writing, publishing, practicing law, and your dream dog!
Website: https://www.katherine-lin.com/
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
My name is Emily Parent
My pronouns are: she/her and they/them
I live in: South Bay
What I do / What I’m into: Writer, Podcaster, Zinester, Video Editor. My day job: I create and manage media-making classes and experiences at a non-profit television station in Palo Alto - The Midpen Media Center
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Event planning, Nonprofits, Podcasting/radio, Film/TV, Veganism
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Homesteading (cooking, canning, sewing, gardening, general DIY), Digital Art,
Website: emilyzines.com
Instagram: @oat.milk.emily
My name is Kelly Gannon
My pronouns are: she/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: Currently: Learning & Evaluation at NDWA Labs, the social innovation arm of the National Domestic Workers Alliance. I'm into researching social justice movements, developing frameworks for understanding collective organizing, and building practical tools for activists, organizations, and funders.
Ask me about: Exercising/hiking, Technology, Nonprofits, Political organizing & activism
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: (1) Art - I'd love to spend more time drawing and painting (2) Writing - as a regular practice.
My name is Miranda Tsang
My pronouns are: she/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: Writing (journalism, poetry, fiction), reading, films/TV, music, animals, food.
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Visual arts/crafts, Exercising/hiking, Nonprofits, Podcasting/radio, Film/TV, Food & cooking.
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: journalism, film/TV, music.
Website: https://www.mirandajtsang.com/
Instagram: @mirandatsang4ever
Twitter: @
My name is Marya Brennan
Email: mlbrenna@gmail.com
My pronouns are: She/her
I live in: East Bay
What I do / What I’m into: Co-Director of Programs at National Novel Writing Month/ fiction, dogs and dog training, tarot, circus, thrift shopping, museums
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Exercising / hiking, Nonprofits, Carpooling
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Wood block printing, roller skating, filmmaking, tarot, transcendental meditation, bike mechanics, Spanish language learning
Instagram: @marya_brennan
Twitter: @moxyb
My name is Brynn Rubinstein
Email: brynnr@gmail.com
My pronouns are: She/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: Women's and reproductive public health
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Exercising/hiking, Nonprofits, Running a business, Political organizing & activism, women's health, public health, ceramics, raising twins and wine (see twins)
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Writing buddies (I write personal nonfiction), tea
Website: brynnr.com
Twitter: @monkeyproblems
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
My name is Stef Demong
Email: stefanie.demong@gmail.com
My pronouns are: She/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: I'm a freelance writer and producer. The majority of my paid work is in the non-profit/philanthropic/CSR space and I'm always working on personal projects as well. Outside of work, I love cooking, hiking, hosting friends, watercolors, my pup Rodeo.
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Public speaking, Event planning, Visual arts/crafts, Exercising/hiking, Nonprofits, Political organizing & activism, Food & cooking
My name is Abi Ramanan
Email: abi.ramanan1@gmail.com
My pronouns are: She/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into:
I write fiction, I volunteer/organize (particularly around homelessness/tenant organising)
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Public speaking, Event planning, Exercising/hiking, Technology, Nonprofits, Running a business, Fashion/jewelry, Political organizing & activism, Food & cooking
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Writing fiction! Particularly speculative fiction which explores pressing issues of our era, like climate change, non-mainstream voices and experiences, I'd love to learn more about craft and world-building. I recently started sewing again and would love to learn about that, deeply interested in contributing to and participating in a new community, I started a food social enterprise in London... so cooking, different types of activism people are involved in, science, co-ops...
Website: www.papispickles.com
Twitter: @abilalayo
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
My name is Daniela Blei
Email: daniela.h.blei@gmail.com
My pronouns are: She/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: Book editing (mostly scholarly books; occasional non-fiction), writing for museums and non-profits/NGOs, and some journalism/I'm into food, languages, history
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Public speaking, Babysitting, Pet sitting, Housesitting, Nonprofits, Political organizing & activism
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Politics: local + national; how to grow vegetables; finding accountability buddies (mine moved/got new jobs...sob)
Website: daniela-blei.com
Instagram: @dblei
Twitter: @tothelastpage
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
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
San Francisco, CA