MEET THE CONSENSIS TEAM

  • Maya Arthur Headshot

    MAYA ARTHUR

    Maya Arthur is a writer and proud ConsenSIS Marketing Manager, currently writing about recovery, Blackness and quiet.

  • MIA CULBERTSON

    Mia Culbertson is an educator, proud ConsenSIS designer, and nice person.

  • Mai Headshot

    MAI ELTAHIR

    Mai Eltahir is a researcher, community archivist, art worker and the ConsenSIS Data Curator.

  • V. SHAYNE FREDERICK

    V. Shayne Frederick is a vocalist, pianist, composer, and ConsenSIS Social Media Coordinator.

  • Trapeta B. Mayson Headshot

    TRAPETA B. MAYSON

    Trapeta B. Mayson is a ConsenSIS Project Leader, poet, founder of the Healing Verse Poetry Line, and mental health clinician.

  • NICOLE POLLARD

    Nicole Pollard is an artist, curator, exhibition designer, yoga teacher and ConsenSIS Curator of Rest & Play.

  • Jaléssa Savage Headshot

    JALÉSSA SAVAGE

    Jaléssa Savage is a producer, operations specialist and lit ConsenSIS Project Manager.

  • Yolanda Wisher Headshot

    YOLANDA WISHER

    Yolanda Wisher is a ConsenSIS Project Leader, poet, educator, curator, bandleader & somebody's mama.

 MEET THE AUNTIE ADVISORY BOARD

  • Denise Brown Headshot

    DENISE BROWN

    Denise is a cultural organizer and strategist, coach, and facilitator who is passionate about using her skills and energies on creating, supporting and illuminating work at the intersections of art, culture and social justice.

  • Michelle Currica Headshot

    MICHELLE CURRICA

    Michelle is a self-taught visual artist, a crafter, an essayist/secret poet, and a practitioner of Aikido and Zen meditation. She is the loving auntie to her cat-niece Gia and stepmom to cat-sons Frijol and Henri.

  • Vashti Dubois Headshot

    VASHTI DUBOIS

    Vashti is founder and executive director of The Colored Girls Museum in Philadelphia, a social practice artist, creative scholar, and institution-builder.

  • Amber Rose Headshot

    AMBER ROSE JOHNSON

    Amber Rose is a writer, artist, and strength and conditioning coach from Providence, RI, currently pursuing a joint doctorate in English and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.