Tashemia Dean is the founder and CEO of Fight Anxiety, Addiction & Adversity Corp. (Fight AAA Corp.), a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering individuals to overcome life's challenges. With over 16 years of experience in healthcare administration and clinical support, she serves as a Recovery Resilience Coach and Veterans Service Representative. Her personal journey through anxiety and addiction inspired her to author "Cheers to Sobriety: Navigating Social Pressures, Finding Resilience, & Crafting a Healthier Lifestyle," where she shares insights and strategies for embracing sobriety. Tashemia's faith has been a guiding force, fueling her commitment to helping others find strength and purpose in their own lives.

I’m a fly, intellectual who values education, family, and community and strive to create optimally well environments for myself and others. I operate as a representative, community change agent, advocate, critical cultural creative, fashion architect, brand ambassador, stylist, researcher, generator, and creator. As the owner of 4Waukee my intention is to inspire action, action of love and support for Milwaukee and what it offers to the world. I’m Black on both side and my whole life real.

Koren, a joyous Black radical change maker, brings both technical expertise and transformative vision to her role as Managing Evaluation & Communication Strategist at UBUNTU Research and Evaluation. As a first-generation, double-alumnus of Marquette University in Corporate Communications, Koren excels at translating complex data into compelling narratives that drive action. She is committed to displaying to other Black youth the power they possess to write their own narrative and consequently change others' lives. Koren is a first-generation, double-alumnus of Marquette University where she studied Corporate Communications, was heavily engaged on-campus through dance and leadership, and consistently exposed the dominantly-white student body to Black Girl Magic wherever she went. Her infectious energy and commitment to combating white supremacy through collaboration and constructive consultation as well as her passion for environmental justice and her expertise in dignity-centered facilitation, storytelling, and participatory research. This allows Koren to take steps toward creating the world she and other Black people deserve to live in. Koren's personality can be described as enthusiastic, candid, eager to learn and try new things, philanthropic, and uproarious. Her motivators are setting an example for her sibling, making her family proud, and inspiring Black youth. She is ardent in her pursuit of breaking generational curses and establishing generational wealth..

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​Nateya Taylor is a multimedia storyteller based in Milwaukee, WI. As a strong advocate for racial equity, health equity, and Black liberation, she intersects written and visual storytelling to interrogate the anti-blackness that is endemic in our social structures and the internalized anti-blackness that accompanies it. Instead, she reveals the multifacetedness of Blackness through her work. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice and a Master of Science degree in Urban Studies with a certificate in Digital Cultures. Her research focuses on residential segregation, Black geographies, and Black resistance. She incorporates her academic expertise into her storytelling practice to tell informative and educational stories. Nateya is also the founder of Naesthetycs, an emerging multimedia production company that aims to use authentic storytelling and aesthetics as a catalyst that inspires empathy, ignites activism, and leads to more equitable futures for Black folks and other historically marginalized groups.

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Michelle “Chelle” Wilkins is a dedicated leader and advocate with extensive experience in maternal and infant health. With over seven years of community-based doula work, Chelle has been a strong voice for maternal health advocacy, supporting families and working to improve birth outcomes. Committed to lifelong learning, Chelle continues to pursue education while leveraging leadership skills to drive positive change in the community.