Subashini Ganesan is a dancer and choreographer, the founder and Executive Director of New Expressive Works, and Portland, Oregon’s Creative Laureate since 2018. Suba is a humble, even bashful leader. She made it clear many times that she doesn’t see herself as a hero, but I’ll say that she’s a hero of mine because of her swift and compassionate action during this crisis, and several years of deft and authentic leadership she's provided to the Portland arts community. We talked about her role as Creative Laureate, the process of distributing this aid money from the Oregon State Legislature, and about the social justice movement taking place in Portland right now.