Quemuel Arroyo is the first ever chief accessibility officer at the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority.

Deborah Willis is an artist, curator, and a professor at New York University. Her most recent book is The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship.

Jan Diehm is a journalist at Polygraph and The Pudding.

Lotenna Enwonwu is the global executive creative director at Coursera.

Check out the first episode of Connect 4: Design Bridges, a new show about mentorship from Design Observer and Connect 4: Networking for Equality in Design.
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Connect 4: Design Bridges was produced by Hawk and Paw Productions in collaboration with Mercy College, Pentagram, and Design Observer. The theme music was composed by Isabel Sanchez.

Elizabeth Hargrave is an American game designer whose games include Wingspan, Mariposas, and Tussie Mussie.

Lucia Lucas is a baritone who made her U.S. debut in 2019 at Tulsa Opera as Don Giovanni.

Na Kim is an associate creative director at the book publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Astra Taylor is an artist, activist, and founder of the Rolling Jubilee and the Debt Collective. Her latest book is Remake the World: Essays, Reflections, Rebellions.

Melanie Keen is the director of Wellcome Collection.