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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 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 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 Soleil Ho
My pronouns are: They/them
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: Journalism
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Public speaking, Music, Technology, Podcasting/radio, Food & cooking
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Politics, Gardening
Website: www.soleilho.com
Instagram: @soleil_ho
Twitter: @hooleil
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 Reva Abrol
My pronouns are: she/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: I'm a Senior Project Manager with Meta's Child Safety team. Outside of work, I'm into dancing (mostly hip hop & Argentine tango), reading fiction, and learning how to make latte art.
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Public speaking, Pet sitting, Technology
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: I'm interested in learning more about podcasting, photography, film, political organizing & activism, and cooking!
Instagram: @revaraveeee
My name is Minyoung Lee
My pronouns are: she/her
I live in: East Bay
What I do / What I’m into: Writing, visual arts and crafts, the outdoors, cats, investing, trying to finish this novel.
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Visual arts/crafts, Pet sitting, Exercising/hiking, Technology, Accounting/finance /investing, Food & cooking
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Local hiking trails, interesting nooks and crannies in the Bay Area, local histories, running a food business.
Website: https://myleeis.com/
Instagram: @@minyoungleeis
Twitter: @@minyoungleeis
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 Nina Shen Rastogi
Email: nina.rastogi@gmail.com
My pronouns are: She/her
I live in: East Bay
What I do / What I’m into: I used to work as a journalist/critic (mostly at Slate and Vulture) and had all kinds of other literary lives (English teacher, grad student, book and comic book editor, VP of a literary startup for teens and young adults) ... now I work as a UX content designer and have had various language-oriented tech roles for the last decade or so. I'm on the board of the California Shakespeare Theater and work with them on marketing/branding projects and give talks about the plays through their dramaturgy department.
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Marketing, Technology
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: I love running reading groups and am always looking for cool opportunities to moderate/facilitate events and brainstorms. As a writer, I'm trying to figure out how to get to work without an editor's deadlines!
Website: nina-shen-rastogi.com
Instagram: @ninashen
Twitter: @ninashen
My name is Jessica Zhou
Email: fieldednotes@gmail.com
My pronouns are: she/they
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: -writer, poet, researcher, journalist
-nurturing/contributing to creative/arts infrastructure with kearny street workshop, pride poets, broke ass stuart
-digital communities with subtle asian dating, friends with benefits
-fledgling saxophonist in a jazz band with friends
-sous chef's sous chef
-avid concert goer
-question-asker of strangers and friends alike :)
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Publicity, Event planning, Marketing, Pet sitting, Housesitting, Exercising/hiking, Music, Technology, Event planning
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: I am excited to learn about folks' creative/artistic practices, independent business/freelance practices, the ways the two intertwine with one another, and exist separately from one another!
Also love hearing about people's favorite haunts/venues/small businesses, beloved places in the Bay, the things you're dreaming about :)
Down to swap playlists, writing, book recs, event recs, restaurant/coffee recs! Always wanting to scheme fun events with folks too <3
Website: www.jyz.digital
Instagram: @jayzeeismee @mooncasted
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 Lauren C. Johnson
Email: laurencjo.writes@gmail.com
My pronouns are: She/Her/Hers
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: I'm a fiction and nonfiction writer with a primary interest in fabulist fiction. My novel-in-progress is a Gothic fairytale that merges fantasy with historical fiction.
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Event planning, Marketing, Pet sitting, Exercising/hiking, Music, Technology, All things related to birds!
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: I would love to learn more about sewing/ making clothing & learning to play the keyboard! I'm also always looking for indoor climbing buddies.
Website: https://linktr.ee/laurencjohnson
Instagram: @laurenc.johnson
Twitter: @laurenc_johnson
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 Ash Huang
Email: ash@ashsmash.com
My pronouns are: She/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into:
Fiction, jewelry/metalsmithing, graphic/product/user experience design, watercolor, knitting
Ask me about: Writing/editing, Public speaking, Visual arts/crafts, Technology, Graphic design, Illustration, Fashion/jewelry
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Gardening, catching up on important film/books I missed, so much
Website: ashsmash.com
Instagram:
@ashsmash / @cormorant.jewels
Twitter: @ashsmash
My name is Rachel Xiang
Email: rachelxiangg@gmail.com
My pronouns are: She/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: 3d illustration and animation
Ask me about: Visual arts/crafts, Technology, Graphic design, Illustration, Food & cooking
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: running a business, political activism, other types of crafting!
Website: https://www.rachelxiang.com
Instagram: @spookydaikon
Twitter: @spooky_daikon
My name is Amulya Aradhyula
Email: amulya.aradhyula@gmail.com
My pronouns are: She/her
I live in: San Francisco
What I do / What I’m into: user research, lifting, doula
Ask me about: Visual arts/crafts, Exercising/hiking, Technology, Political organizing & activism, Food & cooking
What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: writing, making art, reading hard books together, creating and executing our own syllabus
Website: aradhyula.com
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
San Francisco, CA