Rhodessa Jones

Using playwriting, acting, and directing, she has created her own brand of social work designed to empower incarcerated women and women with HIV.

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Nicola Yoon

Nicola Yoon is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of “Everything, Everything” and “The Sun Is Also a Star,” both of which have been adapted into major motion pictures, as well as “Instructions for Dancing.”

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Nuar Alsadir

Nuar Alsadir, a poet and psychoanalyst, is the author of “Fourth Person Singular,” which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry and the Forward Prize for Best Collection.

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Ngozi Ukazu

Ngozi Ukazu is the creator of “Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey” (First Second), an online graphic novel whose printing campaign remains the most funded web comics Kickstarter ever, having raised almost $400,000 by May 2019.

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