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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Tayla Hart is an emerging artist based in Milwaukee. A multidisciplinary creative, working in oils, gouache, ink, and posca markers. They blend their talents as a traditional visual artist, face painter, and visual notetaker to create art that connects, uplifts, inspires, and makes people question. Through Mystic Phoenix Art Studio, Tayla shares their skills as an educator, facilitating creative spaces that nurture self-expression and community healing. Tayla also serves as the Creative Director at Love on Black Women, where their artistry fuels narrative justice, collective care, and joy.

Semma McCrary is a dedicated advocate for civic engagement, with a strong focus on improving Black maternal health outcomes through community education and empowerment. As the founder of Semma’s Sunflower Organics, she combines her passion for holistic wellness with a mission to uplift and serve. With a degree in Human Services and a Pharmacy Technician Certificate, Semma brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work. She is also a proud mother, committed to showing her African American teenage daughter that with passion and perseverance, anything is possible.

​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.

Cecilia Eva Tenorio is an experienced mental health advocate and bilingual Eng/Spanish curriculum developer, educator and Mental Health and Wellness Coordinator at Community Advocates Public Policy Institute. She is currently an Escucha tus Emociones Facilitator and Program Coordinator, coordinating efforts to support the first cohort of Spanish-speaking facilitators as Certified Peer Support Specialists in the Milwaukee area. Through Escucha tus Emociones, a community based mental health initiative, they have coordinated and facilitated numerous psychoeducational workshops and tabling opportunities, assisted in hosting healing circles open to the community. A queer, midwestern Latina, Cecilia is passionate about the mission of reducing stigma related to topics of mental health challenges and substance misuse in both English and Spanish speaking communities, and promoting culturally relevant, community-based mental health care. Their lived experience with mental health challenges and commitment to suicide prevention make them a passionate advocate for community-driven healing practices.

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.