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Kristen Drozdowski (she/her) is based in Ypsilanti, Michigan. She received a BFA from Eastern Michigan University in 2012 and has a background in graphic design. She is the founder of Worthwhile Paper, a line of screen-printed, thoughtfully crafted paper goods and gifts. She is also the author and illustrator of a guided journal called You Are the Magic You Seek published by Chronicle Books. 

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Follow Worthwhile Paper on Instagram: @worthwhilepaper

Shop Worthwhile Paper's website: https://worthwhilepaper.com/

See Kristen's art: https://www.kristendroz.com/

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Raised by evangelicals on a farm in rural Tennessee, Micah Stover (she/her) is now far from home in Mexico where she resides with her family and works as an integrative support therapist with trauma survivors. Micah is currently writing and revising a memoir, chronicling the path to heal intergenerational trauma and PTSD with MDMA, psilocybin, and guided psychotherapy.

Micah’s forthcoming prescriptive memoir due in Fall 2022 takes the reader on an epic journey from the near loss of her son in the NICU through an ancestral underground riddled with trauma. Divided into three parts, the memoir’s structure mirrors the arc of the psychedelic healing journey beginning with preparation, moving into the psychedelic world, and finally emerging into the new landscape of integration. It balances theory, instruction, exercises, and narrative to help the reader walk away with a visceral understanding of how to pursue this healing path and what it might entail.

Follow Micah on Instagram: @micahsugarfoot

Read Micah's Blog: sugarfootjourney.com

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Joanna Rakoff (she/her) is the author of the international bestselling memoir My Salinger Year and the novel A Fortunate Age, winner of the Goldberg Prize for Fiction, the Elle Reader's Prize, and a San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller. Rakoff’s books have been translated into twenty languages and nominated for major prizes in The Netherlands and France. She has written frequently for The New York Times, Vogue, Marie Claire, O: The Oprah Magazine, and many other publications.

Follow Joanna on Instagram: @joannarakoff

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Here's how Lauren Franco, a.k.a "Lo" (she/her) describes herself: I am stumbling. I am running and tripping and leaping and falling, messy and unkempt and pristine and put-together all at the same time. Life doesn't cease to amaze me in this way. The fact that it can somehow allow us to be all of these things, and still manage to survive and smile. But I suppose if you're looking for some sort of biography, these strung together words might grant you some semblance of who I am: So-Cal born and bred New Yorker. Jesus-lover. Justice-fighter. Coffee-addict. Lipstick aficionado. Writer. Actress. Singer. Worship leader. Songwriter. Dancer. Obsessive picture-taker. Avid fruit-consumer.

Read Lauren's blog: http://whatsthelodown.com/

Follow Lauren on Instagram: @laurenfranco_

Follow [gather] on Instagram: @girlswhogather

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Minette Yu (she/her) the founder of Storeyline, and is a first-generation immigrant, daughter of a seamstress, and the first in her community to study at Harvard. Having launched retail tech products her whole career, Minette is passionate about elevating under-represented founders and making it frictionless for shoppers to make a social impact. 

Check out Storeyline: https://storeyline.co/

Follow Storeyline: @storey.line

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Jess Mckee (she/her) is a 24-year-old mom to one tiny human, her daughter Poppy, born December 2020. She is also a wife, a blogger, a barista, and a tour manager for her husband’s band Super Whatevr.

Follow Jess: @heyjessmckee

Read Jess' blog: jessmckee.com

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Noor Ali (she/her) is a medical doctor and surgeon with a clinical background who has seen and heard first hand the issues people face with health insurance plans. It was through these experiences that she KNEW she could help people understand medical insurance and find better solutions for their healthcare coverage. She now works as a health insurance advisor to help you research, buy, set up, and manage your health insurance experience. It is her job to educate and advise you on your plan selection to help you lower your risk and make informed choices. In addition to her interest in medicine and insurance, Noor is also a passionate and strong-willed mother, researcher, entrepreneur, and champion of women in science who want it all. 

Follow Noor: @drnoor_health

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When she is told, her skin is ‘too dark. I do not hesitate to offer ‘that the sun loved her so much, it kissed her more than the rest of us'

Chizoba and Veema (she/her) are the founders of Dark Hues, a digital magazine for dark skin POC, specifically women, non-binary people, and trans men. Here's how they describe their platform: "Overall, the majority of People of Colour are under-represented or misrepresented. This representation then lessens the melanin we have. ‘Colourism,’ or as Lupita Nyong’o calls it  “the daughter of racism,” plays a big part. This platform is a way for us to challenge those ideas and create beautiful, positive content exclusively for us."

Read Dark Hues: darkhuesmagazine.wordpress.com

Follow Dark Hues: @darkhueszine

Follow Chizoba: @itaborchizoba

Follow Veema: @veemz

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Marisa Difrisco (she/her) has had an interest in tarot since she was a kid. She’s spent endless subway commutes quizzing herself on the meanings of the cards, but her true learning really started when she began to read for others. Her public tarot practice began in the summer of 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. As a New Yorker under strict quarantine, she had a lot of extra time but lacked a sense of purpose. She felt helpless as she watched front line and essential workers risk their lives every day while she sat at home in her sweatpants scrolling through the news. While the Brooklyn Mental Wealth Instagram was born out of a need to preserve Marisa’s own mental health, it quickly grew into a platform where she could use her tarot learnings to help others with their own goals and challenges. She now reads for people daily and donates 25% of all her profits to The Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM).

Follow Marisa: @brooklynmentalwealth

Book a reading: brooklynmentalwealth.com

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Soma Okoye (she/her) is an NYU Tisch graduate with a BFA in drama. An all-around creative, she loves to collaborate on a range of artistic projects that seek to shift cultural conversations around representation, inclusivity, intersectionality, and wellbeing. You may find her creative directing a film, collaborating with a brand, or prepping for an upcoming performance. She also just launched her vintage clothing brand Orange Spices, which you can shop @orangespices on Instagram. 

Follow Soma: @soma.okoye

Learn more about Soma: somaokoye.com

Follow Soma's vintage clothing brand, Orange Spices: @orangespices

Follow Soma's wellness community, Naked x Nourished: @nakedxnourished 

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