Fatuma Adar
Fatuma Adar is a Somali-Canadian writer based in Toronto. She was long-listed in CBC’s Creative Nonfiction Prize and profiled in Up Close: Young Black Women Making Canada Better.

Kanika Ambrose
Kanika Ambrose is a playwright and librettist, currently in-residence at Cahoots Theatre, developing her play "our place." Her work has been featured at Obsidian Theatre Company, Curtis Institute of Music, Tapestry Opera, Rhubarb Festival and Toronto Fringe. Kanika is proud Artistic Producer of Paprika Festival and one of Cahoots Theatre Company's 30 for 30 theatremakers for their 30th anniversary season.


Shawn Lall
Shawn Lall - Professional Emotionalist. Aspiring adult. Interested in opportunities for artistic leadership development and forever curious about works which explore the nature of exile.

Michelle Bardach
Michelle Bardach is an indigenous singer/actor from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw and the We Wai Kai Nation. Vancouver and Toronto based, with a US green card.

Howard (Haui) J. Davis
Haui, aka Howard J. Davis, is an LGBTQ+ diverse entrepreneur of many artistic trades including performance, directing, design and visual arts for screen and stage.

Beverly Ndukwu
Beverley Ndukwu is a Black actor and art creator currently based in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Lezlie Wade
is an award winning writer, actor, director and lyricist with over 20 years experience in theatre.

Alexander Franks
is a Mixed Heritage Chinese/Spanish/British/Canadian Performer, Producer and Creator with an interest in the creation of new contemporary work that both entertains and brings life to stories lost to time and discrimination.

Thom Allison
is an Canadian Screen Award winning actor, singer, director, writer, and educator

Jennifer Villaverde
Jennifer Villaverde is an Actor/Singer/Writer/Theatre Maker/Arts Educator/Wife and Mother
