Critically acclaimed performer, author and social engagement artist, RobertFaridKarimi, designs interactive immersive game-performance experiences to spark players to imagine worlds of mutual community nourishment.

Sieglaff has been teaching all her life, but professionally for 20+ years. She has taught everything from basic composition courses, to creative writing, to a plethora of literature courses.

María Isabel Álvarez holds an MFA in Creative Writing and a BA in English Literature from Arizona State University. She supports the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory as Senior Communications Specialist.

Hiscox is an instructor the Writers' Studio. She holds an MFA, doctorate, and TEFL certification and has taught writing in England, Czechia, and Spain in addition to the US. She is Co-founder of Tram Editions Poetry Press.

Collaboration Co-Facilitator │ Imagination Engineer │ Award-winning Queer Scholar

Richard E. Stewart is a writer and educator who remains fascinated with the most exotic people in the world--"the Average Citizens of these United States," as Sinclair Lewis put it 100 years ago.