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/

Minna Choi

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

Marissa Mika

My name is Marissa Mika

Email: marissa.mika@gmail.com

My pronouns are: she/her

I live in: East Bay

What I do / What I’m into: Writer, Developmental Editor, Yoga Facilitator, Theatre Nerd

Ask me about: Writing/editing, Public speaking, Visual arts/crafts, Exercising/hiking

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Podcasting, the local art, performance and music scene, writing communities

Website: marissamika.com; marissamikayoga.com

Instagram: @double_m_sfo_lhr

Ari Kalinowski (Delta_Ark)

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

Nahyun Kim

My name is Nahyun Kim

Email: nahyunk07@gmail.com

My pronouns are: she/her

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: A painter & artist

Ask me about: Visual arts/crafts, Pet sitting, Housesitting, Illustration, anything Korea related!

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: I'm interested in grant writing and community mural painting as of now. I would love to learn more about that or talk to folks who have had experience with it!

Website: www.nahyun.com

Instagram: @studio.nahyun

Zareen Choudhury

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

Midori

My name is Midori

Email: ask@planetmidori.com

My pronouns are: she/her

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: Artist. Sexuality educator. Coach. Consultant for therapists. Intimacy Choreography to some extent

Ask me about: Public speaking, Event planning, Visual arts/crafts, Housesitting, Exercising/hiking, Patreon success. Japan

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: How to enjoy The Ruby (I'm new here!) Applying for grants as an indie artist. Getting my art work in front of art lovers. I'm sure I'll have more. I'll add them here as they come up

Website: www.PlanetMidori.com

Instagram: @planetmidori.art

Twitter: @planetmidori

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

Alx Nixon

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

Gloria Yu

My name is Gloria Yu

My pronouns are: she/her

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: fiction, nonfiction, history, psychoanalysis, brewing, bowling

Ask me about: Writing/editing, Visual arts/crafts, Pet sitting, Exercising/hiking, Meditation

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: I'd love to connect over books, art, meditation, and building a snail aquarium.

Want to learn about web design, finance, and architecture.

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

Minyoung Lee

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

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: @

Miranda Tsang

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: @

Lena Moses-Schmitt

My name is Lena Moses-Schmitt

Email: lenamschmitt@gmail.com

My pronouns are: She/her

I live in: East Bay

What I do / What I’m into: I work in publishing as a book publicist, and I'm also a poet, essayist, and artist.

Ask me about: Writing/editing, Publicity, Visual arts/crafts

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

Website: lenamoses-schmitt.com

Instagram: @lenamschmitt

Twitter: @lenamschmitt

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

Kristin Keane

My name is Kristin Keane

Email: knkeane@gmail.com

My pronouns are: She/her

I live in: San Francisco

What I do / What I’m into: I'm a writer (fiction and creative non-fiction) and educational researcher

Ask me about: Writing/editing, Visual arts/crafts, Exercising/hiking, Photography, academic research

What I'm interested in, or would like to learn more about: Interested in: writing creative non-fiction and fiction; running; yoga; art history; multimedia learning and literacy; contemporary literature and poetry; film; photography; volunteering and civic engagement in literacy

Want to know more about: effectively marketing and publicizing book launches (I have a book forthcoming in April and this is not my strength!); becoming a better quilter and cook

Website: www.thisisnotreallyhere.space

Instagram: @kitenearsink

Twitter: @kitenearsink

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

Vivien Sin

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