Rabia Meghani is a Medical Researcher, Behavioral Therapist, Educator, Yoga Therapist and Ayurvedic Practitioner. Rabia’s formal education is in public health and epidemiology. Merging her knowledge of disease and the ancient science of Yoga and Ayurveda, Rabia aims to modernize eastern healing teachings and make them accessible to the masses while honoring the roots of the science. Her passion lies in harmonizing western medicine with eastern healing methodologies.

Barnali Ghosh (she/her) @berkeleywali is a designer, artist, and transportation justice advocate from Berkeley, California. Her work bridges homes and homelands, creating spaces for belonging.

She co-founded the award-winning Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour, which uses storytelling and theater to share narratives of local South Asian American resistance movements, from immigrant freedom fighters in the 1910s, to queer and feminist organizing a century later.

Over the course of the pandemic, she created over seventy new photographic pieces, inspired by the work of Asian American, South Asian, and women artists, as well as California native plants. Her Unfaithful Re-Creations series plays with color, dark humor, immigration, and pandemic themes.

David Brandstätter’s work is rooted in cross disciplinary performance (circus, dance, physical theatre and music). He was born in Wuppertal (WOOPERTAAL) Germany, and studied applied music science in Hamburg. From the age of 15 he worked internationally as a juggler and unicyclist and became a practitioner of traditional Japanese martial arts. In 2001, he started his studies of choreography in Arnhem at the European Dance Development Centre (now called ArtEZ) and focused his research on the development of contact improvisation as a tool for choreographic purposes. He graduated in 2005 and founded the organization @shifts_art_in_movement together with Malgven Gerbes. Since the creation of the organization, shifts has worked with more than 100 festivals, theatres and Universities, countless artistic collaborators, choreographers, dramaturges, dancers, visual artists, architects, researchers, writers and musicians – and has presented its work in more than 30 countries worldwide.

Michelle Jacques is the Artistic Director of CHELLE! (SHELL) and Friends New Orleans big band, CHELLE’S JUKE JOINT Acappella Ensemble, Vice President of the Governors Board of The Recording Academy and Board member of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. CHELLE’S Juke Joint has toured Germany and Austria performing in Acappella festivals. Michelle’s credits include: recipient of the 2021 InterMusic SF Musical grant, City Of Oakland, Individual Artist grant for 2008, winner of the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards for “Best Folk/Progressive Song”, and with Grammy Award winning producer Greg Landau’s soundtrack for the 2010 movie “La Mission”.

David and Michelle are coming together for a performance as part of the San Francisco International Arts Festival @sfiaf2022 for the US premiere of FRE!HEIT (freedom in English) @counterpulse in San Francisco.

Antara Bhardwaj @antaraasthaayi began her study of kathak at the age of nine with legendary Kathak maestro Pandit Chitresh Das. Her panache and magnetism have dazzled audiences throughout the U.S. and India, including a nationally televised performance in India, and lecture demonstration "Dancing Mathematics" - highlighting the complex mathematics in the Hindustani music system. She identifies herself as a story-teller - her mediums being kathak, film, and writing. In 2014, her production "Upaj:Improvise", a dance documentary film was broadcast nationally on PBS, and is currently available on Amazon. In 2016, she established her own dance company and school “Antara Asthaayi Dance.” In 2019, Bhardwaj was Honored as a Mosaic Silicon Valley Fellow for commitment to artistic excellence and strengthening community through multicultural arts. Antara continues to produce short dance films, develops her mastery of taal (rhythm) under the mentorship of Sandeep Das (a Grammy-award winning artist with whom she regularly performs and tours), and mentors twenty-five young girls in the art form of kathak.

Amna Mawaz Khan @amnadabbadoo is a performance artist trained primarily in Bharathanatyam, presenting her Arangetram under Indu Mitha (Pride of Performance Award, Pakistan) in 2013. Under her guidance, Amna also trained in Kathak and Uday Shankar dance forms. She studied choreology and choreography during a summer course at Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Since 2007, Amna has been a political organizer aligned with the Pakistani socialist- feminist movement, and is a founding member of Women Democratic Front, Awami Workers Party and Laal Hartaal. Amna is a believer in the transformational impact of Art, whether used as propaganda or whether as a form of resistance, within society.

Priya Das @priyadasmosaic is the co-founder and Chief Programming Officer of Mosaic America @mosaicamerica She is the creator of Mosaic’s inspired framework for social cohesion that powered the award-winning Mosaic Festival Silicon Valley. Priya drives the creative vision, programming strategy, artist relations, and community collaborations for Mosaic's unique approach and events. In addition to being an arts critic and columnist in her past life, Priya is trained in the Hawaiian/Slide Guitar, Indian classical Bharatanatyam and Carnatic vocal, and has familiarity with Spanish Flamenco. She has held upper management and consultative positions in hi-tech and is an alumna of Multicultural Arts Leadership Institute (MALI) and SVCreates’ MindShare program.

Princess Sarah @iamprincesssc has an extraordinary journey that has been featured on CNN, GMA, BBC among numerous other publications worldwide which has trended #1 globally in over 60 countries. She is an internationally-known thought leader, TEDx speaker, artist and educator whose work addresses biracial and cultural identity and raises awareness of issues impacting Sierra Leone.

She shared the story of reuniting with her birth father in A Princess Found: An American Family, an African Chiefdom, and the Daughter Who Connected Them All, coauthored with Tracy Trivas and published by St. Martin’s Press. A Princess Found is now being adapted into a major motion picture for Disney Studios by award-winning filmmaker Stephanie Allain.

Princess Sarah and her brother Hindo Joseph Kposowa founded the non-profit Sierra Leone Rising which provides clean drinking water, sanitary pads for girls, education, medical attention, resources to build schools and technology centers, and more throughout Sierra Leone. Her work in business and technology has led her to create upcoming projects including an animation show with Randy Jackson as well as a Roblox game to connect and educate children about cultures around the world.

Dr. Saumya Dave @saumyajdave is a board-certified psychiatrist, author, mental health contributor to NBC News, and co-founder of the women's mental health nonprofit, This Is For Her. In her private practice, she works with women in areas including the impact of caregiving, relationship stressors, body image, self-care, and more. She is an adjunct professor at Mount Sinai, where she teaches a Narrative Medicine class. Her writing has been featured in The New York Times, Refinery29, ABC News, and others. She is the author of two novels from Penguin Random House, Well-Behaved Indian Women and What a Happy Family, and is currently working on a novel about motherhood, guilt, and anger. She lives in New York City with her husband and son.

Raaginder @raaginder is a violinist, composer, and songwriter from the San Francisco Bay Area. Trained in the ancient art of Indian Classical music, Raaginder invokes deep and soulful melodies on a five-string violin. He has created several albums in which the sounds of Indian classical music and hip-hop intermingle. These works bring forth lyrical and rhythmic sections which stem from traditional elements while also infusing a modern touch.

Raaginder has performed in prominent venues all over the world such as The White House, Wembley Arena, Kennedy Center, and many more. Through these endeavors and experiences, Raaginder's art brings forth a new, intense, and interesting sound for his audiences to hear.

Kaif Ghaznavi @kaifghaznavi is a Fulbright scholar and graduate of National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan, and from the California College of Arts. Kaif aims to create a healthy dialogue of cultural practises within the community by curating 'Bunvat Festival' @bunvatfestival annually. She believes in celebrating culture through music, dance and theatre with a focus on the Urdu Language. Her portfolio for the variety of platforms she performs on and for, informs us that she carefully chooses her content with the impact on the society taking precedent.