William Estrada (he/him) grew up in California, Mexico, and Chicago. His teaching and art-making practice focus on addressing inequity, migration, historical passivity, and cultural recognition in historically marginalized communities. He documents and engages experiences in public spaces to transform, question, and make connections to established and organic systems through discussion, creation, and amplification of stories through creativity already present. He is currently a faculty member at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) School of Art and Art History and a Teaching Artist at Telpochcalli Elementary School. For more info about William, visit werdmvmntstudios.com, and follow William’s work via his Instagram.

Kaitlyn Stancy (she/her) is an artist and designer in Northwest Indiana. She believes in the power of transforming the world through creative response. While utilizing printmaking, photography, collage, and digital manipulation techniques, she makes work that ranges from documentary photography and abstract mixed media full of colors and textures to compositions alluding to otherworldly theories, pollution, deception, satire, and social commentary. She currently teaches graphic design at Indiana University Northwest (IUN) and does freelance work on the side. For more info about Kaitlyn, visit kaitlynstancy.com, and follow Kaitlyn’s work via her Instagram.

Emily Essling (she/her) is an artist in Northwest Indiana who lives tucked back in a cabin in the woods. When she's not chilling on the shores of Lake Michigan, working in the garden, or cuddling her dog Unz, Emily hand carves linocut prints and makes jewelry inspired by the beach. Her art is influenced by nature, which she loves, and social injustices, which she hates. She believes that the beauty of art is that it can connect so many different issues and bring so many different people together. In times like these, we need to connect and build community however we can. Follow Emily’s work via her Instagram.