JLove Calderón
Co-Founder & CEO (she/her)
JLove Calderón is a white woman who is an award-winning creative, activist, coach and trainer working on the frontlines of race, class and gender for two decades.
Matt McGorry
Co-Founder & Certified Coach (he/him)
Matt McGorry is an actor, activist and feminist dedicated to racial justice and gender equity.
Jennifer CendaÑa Armas
Social Impact Advisor, Coach, and Trainer (she/her)
Jennifer is a performer, writer, educator, and community worker. She has performed and taught globally and is dedicated to stories of diaspora as a bridge for social and cultural change.
LALANIA SIMONE
Certified Coach (she/her)
Lalania is a creative, entrepreneur, author, and co-owner of Alchemy Ritual Goods. Lalania believes that, as we heal ourselves, we heal each other- this is a core principle in all aspects of her work as a coach and in her business practices.
MaNNIE THOMAS III
Social Impact Advisor & Trainer (he/him)
Mannie is a formerly-incarcerated organizer and the Co-Executive Director of Success Stories who strongly believes in collective healing and being a community advocate
NIKITA CHAUDHRY
Social Impact Advisor (she/her)
Nikita is an artist, activist, and educator, devoted to collaborating with changemaking artists and community organizations in order to deepen representation, reimagine culture and transform politics for collective liberation.
Edgar Villanueva
Senior Advisor (he/him)
Edgar is a Native American author and activist who is passionate about racial and economic justice, particularly in communities of color, Indigenous communities, the US South and in communities impacted by HIV/AIDS.
phiLlip agnew
Social Impact Advisor (he/him)
phillip agnew is an artist, organizer and co founder of Black Men Build and the Dream Defenders.
Taylor K. Shaw
Partner & Certified Coach (she/her)
Taylor K. Shaw is the youngest CEO in the animation industry and a visionary creator, writer, and activist tackling representation across the media landscape, one industry at a time.
dahlia Alé-ferlito
Director of Operations and Impact (they/them)
Dahlia Ferlito is a white, queer, non-binary anti-racist organizaer and co-founder of White People 4 Black Lives and on the Leadership Team of Showing Up for Racial Justice. They believe that white people have a personal stake in fighting for racial justice and working in multiracial coalition for collective liberation.
AMBER JOHNSON
Executive Assistant to CEO JLove Calderón (she/her)
Amber Johnson is a young creative living and working in Los Angeles, CA. She has worked with HBO, Amazon Prime, Blumhouse, and other amazing creative powerhouses. She has a special interest in animation and can’t live without cartoons!
LORI BRYANT WOOLRIDGE
Certified Coach (she/her)
A coach for over 15 years, Lori is an intuitive life/spiritual coach and teacher, certified by the International Coach Federation (ICF), an Emmy-award winning writer, author, and speaker who specializes in 1:1 transformational coaching.
ARIJ MIKATI
Social Impact Advisor and Trainer (she/her)
Arij Mikati is a Lebanese-American activist, anti-racism educator, creative consultant, and storyteller. Arij's work can be found on NPR, Al Jazeera, Teen Vogue, and as a creative advisor on the award-winning Hulu show, RAMY.
chris johnson
Social Impact Advisor & Trainer (he/him)
Chris Johnson is the growth coordinator for a transformative feminist program that provides an alternative to prisons. His purpose is to liberate minds and bodies through whatever tools possible.
VICTORIA PANNELL
Social Impact Advisor (she/her)
is an activist, organizer and creative from Harlem, NYC. A recent graduate of Duke University, Victoria is passionate about juvenile justice, specifically in communities of color, and human trafficking education prevention.
IVETTY ESTEPAN
Social Impact Advisor (she/her)
Ivetty is a recent Master's graduate of the University of Cambridge with a degree in the Sociology of Marginality and Exclusion. Her work inside and outside of the classroom focuses on building a revolutionary solidarity through a transnational racial approach.
Brea Baker
Chief Equity Officer (she/her)
Brea is a queer Black woman and an activist/organizer with a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University. She has contributed to dozens of electoral and advocacy campaigns and writes for publications like ELLE and Harper’s Bazaar.
richie reseda
Senior Advisor (he/him)
Richie is a formerly incarcerated artist and organizer who wields hip hop culture, workshops, and policy advocacy to build a more loving and logical society.
Tre’shonda sheffey
Social Impact Advisor & Producer (she/her)
Tre’Shonda Sheffey has worked as a digital and communications strategist for Members of Congress and on political campaigns. She is an activist, creative, writer, and producer who is committed to empowering underrepresented voices and elevating stories that evoke transformative changes within society.
IVETTE ALÉ-FERLITO
Social Impact Advisor & Trainer (they/them)
Ivette is a queer migrant organizer, policy expert and culture maker. They serve as Executive Director of La Defensa, an intersectional feminist organization fighting to end mass incarceration in Los Angeles.
Jackie Sanchez
Finance Manager (she/her)
Jackie is an Accounting graduate from Queens College.
Darnell L. Moore
Senior Advisor (he/him)
Darnell L. Moore is a media maker and Director of Inclusion for Content and Marketing at Netflix as well as the author of No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black & Free in America.
OANH-NHI NGUYEN
Social Impact Advisor (she/her)
Oanh-Nhi has worked as a strategist, digital organizer, and program manager in social justice focused on women and girls of color. She consults and coaches to center the needs and dreams of communities of color, specifically women and girls of color.
TODD HUNTER
Literary Advisor (he/him)
Todd Hunter is a book editor and consultant who has worked to expand the literary marketplace with voices that are underrepresented and with books that resonate socially and intellectually.
IN MEMORIAM
Ella Turenne
SVP, Training & Development (she/her)
Ella Turenne is an award-winning artist as well as an experienced educator, trainer, changemaker, and entrepreneur whose work focused on the power of creativity as a tool for social change. She loved Haiti, the arts, and the people.
Our beloved Emmanuella “Ella” Florence Turenne passed away December 2021. Her work and legacy lives on.