Emma Rodriguez is a journalism student at FGCU. She’s southwest-Florida born and raised and says her goal is to help keep the spirit of local journalism alive in her hometown. 

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Chion Wolf is the host of Audacious on Connecticut Public Radio. It features  conversations with people who have uncommon or misunderstood experiences, conditions, or professions. Audacious is a three time Gracie Award winner - the Gracie Awards recognize exemplary programming created by women, for women and about women in all facets of media and entertainment.

She is also the host of Other People's Poems - an event during which people share one poem they love that they didn’t write. Those who have their poems memorized win a loofah.

Chion used to produce and host a live storytelling event at the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford the The Mouth-Off - and a live advice show at Sea Tea Improv's underground comedy theater called Asking for a Friend with Chion Wolf.

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Kirsten Hines is a writer, photographer, and environmental educator who started out as a wildlife biologist, but found herself being drawn toward storytelling with images and words versus collecting data so made a big pivot in that direction.

Kirsten’s photographs and writings have appeared in numerous exhibitions and publications, including eight books…the latest of which is “Wild Florida: An Animal Odyssey.” It’s like a conversational field guide that explores Florida’s animal diversity, and its blending of creatures from the tropics with those from North America.

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Jason Crosser is owner and operator of 8-bit Hall of Fame, where he buys, sells, and trades video games, consoles, collectables, accessories, trading cards, pro-wrestling memorabilia, and Vinyl albums, figurines. In 2022 hurricane Ian destroyed his store and more than $2 million of inventory, but the store reopened and Jason is back doing what he loves.

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Stacey Holman is Series Producer & Director of the new four-part PBS documentary series, Gospel. She's a Harlem-based filmmaker who has directed and/or produced a number of award-winning projects including an episode of the 2018 PBS series Reconstruction: America After the Civil War hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

She was a producer on the critically acclaimed documentary Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, and she was an Associate Producer on the Emmy award-winning film Freedom Riders. 

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Gina Sabiston has been a DJ, sold puppets, is an eight-time Golden Apple Finalist, and has served on the City of Fort Myers Historic Preservation Board since 2003, also chairing the board for a significant portion of that time. She has served on the Charter Review Committee, ran for city council, and dedicated her time to nearly 30 boards. 

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Walt Tiburski spent more than 50 consecutive years in the commercial radio business, starting in college at a local radio station as a “gopher” and working his way up to becoming a radio station group owner of 23 stations.

Walt quickly rose from Account Executive to Sales Manager to Vice President and General Manager of the legendary WMMS 101.1FM “The Buzzard” in Cleveland. Also during that time The Buzzard was named "Radio Station of the Year" by Rolling Stone Magazine for 5 consecutive years.

Walt rounded out his half-century-plus in radio with Alpine Broadcasting Corporation’s WAVV 101.1FM in Southwest Florida where he has served as General Manager and Vice President of Sales for 13 years.

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Katie Garcia is Vice President of A&R at Capitol Music Group. Prior to that Katie worked at Secretly Group for 8 years and helped sign some of their flagship artists including Slowdive, Faye Webster, serptentwithfeet, Japanese Breakfast, and Phoebe Bridgers. 

Before that she was the label manager and head of A&R at the independent record label, Captured Tracks. She also co-founded Bayonet Records with her husband Dustin.

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Preston Rumbaugh is a roots-music veteran now based in Clarksdale, Mississippi  where he is a member of the Big A & the Allstars blues trio. He also leads his own blues band that features Big A & the Allstars members Anthony "Big A" Sherrod and Lee Williams, and he plays solo gigs. 

Preston has backed a who's who of blues legends including Robert "Bilbo" Walker, Big George Brock, and Terry "Big T" Williams, and he's a regular at festivals like the Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale and venues like Ground Zero Blues Club.

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Grace Lougen is a guitarist and songwriter from Buffalo, NY. She toured Europe and the US with award-winning bandleader Robert Parker and with Grace Stumberg, who also performed as Joan Baez’s background vocalist for 8 years. 

In the studio, Grace has contributed her songwriting and guitar playing to more than a dozen full-length records and in 2018 she joined forces with Megan Brown, Josh English, and Dylan Hund to form the band Grosh. They have put out two albums and an EP, and are currently at work on their third record, produced by the legendary Tim Lefebvre. 

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