Our Contributors

closed her Seattle restaurant and floral shop, The London Plane, in 2023. Since then, she has been running her organic flower farm, Marigold and Mint, in the Snoqualmie Valley, along with writing, painting, and making pottery.

 is a Korean American writer, journalist and illustrator.

is the director of Amplifier.org, an artist, and a curator.

is the founder of The Institute for Black Justice, a lawyer, and a revered Nana of six grandchildren, four of them uncertain girls.

is a scientist, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Twelve, a carbon transformation company that is converting CO2 into sustainable fuels and chemicals.

DO, is a clinical associate professor at Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has been a Zen student since 2009.

is a mother, daughter, healer, and community organizer.

is a first-generation Black Costa Rican American from Staten Island, New York. She currently lives in Seattle, Washington, with her family.

is the author of best-selling book Running While Black, TV host and producer of the award-winning PBS show, Out & Back w/ Alison Mariella Désir, and founder with a passion for movement, mental health, and racial equity.

is an Episcopal priest living in Omaha, Nebraska.

is a film producer, author, former teacher, and the founder of Creative Visions, a nonprofit organization that supports creative activists who use media, arts and education to inform, inspire, and catalyze positive change to create a more just, caring, and sustainable world.

was previously a trusts and estates attorney, as well as a wealth management executive. She was also previously a philanthropic advisor for Princeton University, and board member and consultant to nonprofit organizations.

is the author of Essential Labor and Like a Mother.

is a writer, journalist, and cartoonist, and the author of I Was Their American Dream and It Won’t Always Be Like This.

is a community volunteer and a passionate advocate for social justice.

is a retired high school teacher who transitioned from male to female in 2014, and who now lives happily ever after.

is a writer, career coach, and mindfulness teacher supporting people to find their highest potential and fulfillment in their lives.

is an Arab American writer and film director based in NYC. Her work explores the politics of identity, Arab & African diaspora, social stigmas, and science fiction while employing visual components of magical realism. 

PhD, is a sociology professor and Chan Buddhist teacher in the lineage of Master Sheng Yen, and author of Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method & Allow Joy into Our Hearts: Chan Practice in Uncertain Times.

is a New York Times-bestselling author and illustrator of picture books. Her books have won numerous awards and been translated into thirteen languages.

is the former president and general manager at Puget Sound Public Radio/KUOW 94.9.

is a Vietnamese American poet, educator, and painter whose work centers equity and justice.

(Pueblo of Acoma) is an author, Highline Native education Program Manager, Native arts/lit & culture specialist, artist mentor, editor, curriculum writer, public speaker, and co-founder of the Northwest Native Writers Circle.

is a writer, political consultant, and mindfulness teacher based in Seattle, Washington. She is a very strong swimmer, an amateur beekeeper, and loves singing in choirs.

is a professor of medicine, director of the Myelodysplastic Syndrome Center at Columbia University, and author of The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last.

is the author of We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth, co-founder of #HalfMyDAF, a tennis player, and a very good cook.

is a first generation undocumented student and a teacher.

is a senior staff attorney at the National Housing Law Project where she focuses on economic justice issues related to housing.

is senior rabbi at Hillel at the University of Wisconsin. She is a teacher, a learner, and a spiritual seeker. Andrea loves swimming, dancing, laughing and sitting still.

lives and loves in Madison, WI, where she writes and creates art along with advancing progressive causes and working to create a healthy thriving community.