Introducing Me

Kandrea Wade is a PhD student at CU Boulder working to study the impacts artificial intelligence has on marginalized groups. She has over fifteen years of experience in the entertainment industry and describes her life as an anomaly. As a black woman, Kandrea has had to overcome adversity and discrimination in many situations and now with perseverance and resilience she works to give back to others. 

 

Netflix Documentary: Coded Bias

Kandrea’s Website: https://kandreawade.com 

Kandrea’s Twitter: twitter.com/kandreawade 

 

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Tyler was diagnosed with ADHD in the fifth grade, but didn’t hear the definition of ADHD until years later. She struggled throughout school and her family describes those years as “World War III.” After learning her own tools for success, she now helps others with their life skills whether diagnosed or undiagnosed with ADHD.

 

Tyler’s Website: https://www.focusforwardlex.com 

 

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Lisa Love (she/they) is nonbinary and a life coach for members of the LGBTQ+ community. She has gone through multiple phases of re-discovery from leaving the Mormon patriarchy, identifying as a bisexual, questioning their gender, and turning sober.

 

Lisa’s Website: https://lisalovehall.com 

Lisa’s Instagram: instagram.com/lisalovehall/ 

 

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Currently a PhD student in Information Science, Jess wasn’t originally passionate about computer science, information science, and artificial intelligence (AI) ethics. Not to stand back from a challenge, Jess is thriving in a male-dominated field and is the co-host and co-founder of the Radical AI Podcast. Prior to her current program she studied and taught yoga in Thailand and Colombia, places she will visit again.

 

Radical AI Podcast: radicalai.org/

Jess’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/_jessiejsmith_ 

Jess’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jessiejsmith/ 

 

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Originally from Danville, VA, Mirinda Kossoff has traveled the world, including Japan, Tahiti and Turkey. Previously a communications director in academia and nonprofits, she is a an author, visual artist and voracious reader. Mirinda recently published The Rope of Life: A Memoir, about her Jewish-turned-Southern Baptist father who tried in every way to pass as a Southern good old boy. Failing at that, and other factors such as chronic pain, led to his suicide and Mirinda’s attempts to understand him and the choices he made. 

 

Mirinda’s Website: https://mirindakossoff.com 

 

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Ryan has served for the Royal Air Force and the US Department of Defense, having opportunities take him to different places around the world. He’s been able to take what life has thrown at him and continue to build to a better future.

 

Ryan’s Podcast: https://linktr.ee/walkthelinepodcast 

 

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Dr. Petra Deeter is survivor of child abuse and domestic violence. She shares the personal and emotional details from when she was child and how she has turned her life around. In founding the Victim to Hero Institute, she aims to bring awareness to parental alienation. 

 

Victim to Hero Institute: victimtohero.com

 

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Amanda and her husband started the shop Me Mother Earth a couple years ago to help better the planet and eliminate plastic. She shares what it is like running the business, navigating life in a plastic world, adopting a vegan lifestyle, and hopes for future travel.

 

Me Mother Earth: memotherearthbrand.com 

Instagram: instagram.com/me.motherearth/  

 

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Eric has been documenting his transition taking testosterone since last fall on TikTok. He’s open and willing to share the personal details from deciding to freeze his eggs, being pansexual, and how his family has been supportive along his journey where he’s come out multiple times. 

 

Eric’s Social Media:

tiktok.com/@ErasingTheA

instagram.com/ErasingTheA 

twitter.com/ErasingTheA

 

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Frank Duarte is a current music doctoral student at Texas Tech University. He grew up in Southern California in a Mexican household and left the state to pursue his Master’s in Music Composition at Butler University in Indianapolis. Once there he discovered more of himself and is now an openly gay man.

 

Frank’s website: http://frankduarte.com 

 

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