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My name is TK
Email: minna@magikmagik.com
My pronouns are: she her
I live in: North Bay
What I do / What I’m into: Music Composer
Ask me about: Visual arts/crafts, Music, Running a business, Podcasting/radio, Food & cooking
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: I love making things with my hands and have gotten really into embroidery lately.
Website: magikmagikorchestra.com
Instagram: @magikminna
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 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
My name is Katya Landau
Email: katya@katyalandau.com
My pronouns are: she/her
I live in: East Bay
What I do / What I’m into: I help non-natives speak clear + confident English, so they can get the high-paying career they deserve!
Ask me about: Public speaking, Running a business, Podcasting/radio, Food & cooking
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Theatre, education, green-planet choices, Jewish Culture, sharing food, and LGBTQIA+ cinema
Website: www.katyalandau.com
Instagram: @katyalandaucoach
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
My name is Tida Beattie
My pronouns are: She/her
I live in: North Bay
What I do / What I’m into: Grief support guide, Death doula
Ask me about: Public speaking, Event planning, Running a business, Food & cooking, Caregiving, Aging, End-of-life, Loss and grief
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Writing a non-fiction guide book; Podcasting; Social media marketing; Public speaking
Website: https://www.mesocommunity.com/
Instagram: @mesocommunity
My name is Alx Nixon
My pronouns are: she/her
I live in: East Bay
What I do / What I’m into: I own a hair salon, I'm a mom, I love to cook
Ask me about: Visual arts/crafts, Marketing, Music, Running a business, Fashion/jewelry, Food & cooking
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Business ownership, cooking, new music, chess
Website: principlesalon.com
Instagram: @alxnixon
My name is Kimberly Kralowec
My pronouns are: she/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: Poet and lawyer
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Marketing, Running a business
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Writing, poetry, reading, hiking/walking, art
Website: http://www.anapoetics.com
Instagram: @kimkralowec
Twitter: @kimkralowec
My name is Tara Seshan
My pronouns are: she/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: Scientist turned technologist with an interest in telling better stories and building community. I work on climate/carbon reduction during my day, and write at night!
Ask me about: Public speaking, Event planning, Babysitting, Pet sitting, Housesitting, Exercising/hiking, Music, Technology, Running a business, Science
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Screenwriting and directing, and generally love movies
Instagram: @tarstarr
Twitter: @tarstarr
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 Kate Jung
Email:
My pronouns are: she/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: In my day job, I work as a program manager in tech, but in my own time, I am an aspiring scifi/fantasy novelist working on the first draft of my book. I also enjoy exploring the little joys of a simple life, from learning how to cook a new meal to exploring new neighborhoods.
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Exercising/hiking, Graphic Design, Running a business, Accounting/finance /investing, Food & cooking, Interior design, Dungeons and Dragons, Board Games
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: I love to cultivate my own physical and mental wellbeing by learning new hobbies and skills. Right now, I'm excited about learning more about: Designing and decorating my apartment, brewing my own coffee at home, learning the basics of painting, investing and personal finance, and strength training.
Website:
Instagram: @kate.b.jung
Twitter: @
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: @
My name is Tessa Cheek
Email: tessa.cheek@gmail.com
My pronouns are: She/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: I'm a writer, especially into fiction and poetry :) My day job is in small biz/ brand/ marketing work -- I sling candles for a Colorado-based beeswax candle company called Bluecorn.
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Publicity, Marketing, Pet sitting, Housesitting, Exercising/hiking, Photography, Running a business, Film/TV, Political organizing & activism
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: I love going to poetry/lit readings of all kinds and attending workshops, free writes, etc. Also interested in dance, drawing and happy hours/ social timez
Website: tessa-cheek.com
Instagram: @cheektes
Twitter: @tessacheek
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 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
My name is Vivien Sin
Email: viviensinym@gmail.com
My pronouns are: She/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: I started The Third Place (thethirdplace.is), and am passionate about empowering local businesses. I'm also an oil-painter and media artist (vivien-sin.com), and love film and theatre.
Ask me about: Public speaking, Event planning, Visual arts/crafts, Technology, Running a business, Film/TV
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: I'd love to meet more artists in disciplines I am personally not a practitioner in, such as literature, music, poetry, and performing arts.
Website: vivien-sin.com
Instagram: @vivsinym
Twitter: @vivsinym
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 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
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