Milind Ghanta (2026) recently earned his MA in Social Sciences from University of Chicago. He specializes in oral histories, multimodal and visual anthropology, and uses documentary cinema as both a medium and method for research and storytelling.

Hailey Gates (2025) is a senior student at Loyola University Chicago majoring in English and minoring in art history, journalism, and African studies. Hailey is passionate about studying and facilitating public interactions with contemporary activist art, especially in decolonial and environmental contexts.

Salman Khan (2025) is a recent graduate in Marketing and Environmental Economics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Salman works at the intersections of cultures, communities, and climates and has a deep passion for creating space for the South Asian diaspora and exploring experiences across diasporic cultures.

Trinity Contreras (2025) is an undergraduate student at Lake Forest College studying Sociology and Anthropology with a minor in Museum Studies. She has a passion for anthropology and archeological artifact preservation and is interested in pursuing a career in the nonprofit sector.

Mya Jones (2025) is an undergraduate student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with concentrations in Art Technology and Writing. Mya has a passion for arts and culture and the depth of storytelling within works from South and South East Asia, and aims to continue unearth work, artists, and activists that may have gone unseen. 

Suvexa Pradhan Tuladhar (2025) is a BA student double majoring in international relations and sociology and anthropology and minoring in urban studies from Lake Forest College. She is passionate about social justice, politics, feminism, LGBTQIA+ issues, Newā heritage conservation, and South Asian arts, fashion, and culture.

Melody Reyes (2024) is a graduate of Indiana University, where she studied digital art. She is interested in helping nonprofits and amplifying marginalized communities in art spaces.

Ashley Husain (2024) is a senior at the SAIC specializing in animation and film. She has a passion for storytelling and artistic expression, dedicated to creating narratives that resonate with underrepresented communities, inspire audiences with compelling and impactful tales.

David Gangadeen (2024)  is an artist and designer currently pursuing an MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). He seeks to use his work as a means of inspiring others to become more aware of, and thus engaged, with their surrounding environments.

Zahra Dostmohammed (2024) is a current student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her focus is on studio art including painting, drawing, printmaking, and ceramics.

Emma Russom (2024) is a senior at Loyola University Chicago double majoring in Art History and Business Management. She is interested in creating a deeper and more accessible connection to art for audiences.

Sofi Pascua (2024) is a student at Northwestern University studying Theatre and Music. Sofi is currently interested in researching and promoting the cultural arts of marginalized and underrepresented communities.

Ankit Khadgi (2023) is a Visual and Critical Studies graduate student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is a Nepali writer, and journalist and wants to curate art shows and events in the future.

Muskaan Dhingra (2023) is currently pursuing a BFA in studio with an emphasis in Visual Communication at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is committed to leveraging the power of visual communication to explore the intricate intersections of South Asian fine art, humanitarian issues, and graphic design.

Nia Oke-Famakinde (2023) earned her BA in Art Management, with a concentration in visual arts, from Columbia College Chicago. As a longtime Chicagoan, she is interested in supporting local art nonprofits and exploring the wealth of knowledge that historical and contemporary art has to offer.

Harini Nilakantan (2022) is a Masters student in Museum and Exhibition Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her main interests lie with South Asian art and art history, culture, and dance. She aims to merge performing arts and fine art to create dynamic exhibitions in the future.

Amelia Hansen (2022) is a senior at the University of Michigan, where she will graduate with a BA in Art & Design and minors in the History of Art and Museum Studies. She has experience organizing exhibitions, researching collections, and designing visual communication.

Ani Kalousdian (2022) is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan, where she studied the history of art. Her interest lies in the intersection of theology and art. In the Fall of 2022, she will begin a master's program in Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, where she will focus on medieval Persian and Armenian manuscripts.

Pratima Pinnepalli (2021) currently attends the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she is studying comics, illustration, and printmaking as a way to explore alternate methods of sharing information.

Ludvig Perés (2021) earned his BA in Photography from Columbia College in Chicago. In 2018 his work was featured in the exhibition Fotografiska Talent 2018 at the Swedish Museum of Photography in Stockholm and in the spring of 2019, his solo exhibit Klärobskyr opened at the Swedish American Museum in Chicago.