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Amy Hill, a fourth generation Californian with family roots in Sonoma and San Diego, is a long-time storytelling facilitator and social justice advocate. After working in public health for many years, she learned the art of video production and joined StoryCenter as a co-founder of Silence Speaks. The project began by documenting stories of domestic violence in California and evolved into a global health and human rights initiative. Amy has authored several journal articles and books chapters about the implications of this work for gender-based violence intervention and prevention and human rights promotion. She lives in Berkeley, California. BA, British and American Literature, Scripps College; MA, Gender Studies, Stanford University.

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Born in Germany and raised all over the world, Raymond is an award-winning director and producer who served as Producing Artistic Director of Washington DC’s Theater Alliance from 2018 to 2023. Prior to leading Theater Alliance, he served as a faculty member in Howard University’s Department of Theatre Arts and was the Community Engagement Partnership Manager at Arena Stage. Raymond is committed to using theater and media as tools to transform communities, and has partnered and worked with artists, activists, non-profits, and NGOs throughout the world. BFA, Acting, University of Florida; MFA, Acting/New Play Development, Ohio State University.

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Orchid Pusey is a long-time San Francisco Bay Area resident and activist who grew up back and forth between rural Pennsylvania and Beijing. She has been with Asian Women’s Shelter for many years and currently serves as Executive Director. Among her key achievements are the development of a national technical assistance program building capacity to address the unmet needs of marginalized survivors of violence, and the founding of the organization’s Community Interpretation Training Institute (CITI) and Multi-Lingual Digital Storytelling Project. Orchid has a wealth of experience designing and leading trainings on cultural responsiveness and trauma informed practice, violence prevention in LGBTQ communities, and community-based participatory research and evaluation. She lives in Oakland, where she is a parent to dogs, rabbits, and chickens. BA, Social Anthropology, Harvard University; MA, Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley.

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Born and raised in Bogota, Colombia, Patricia Rojas is a visual artist, community mental health practitioner, and educator. She has been involved with social justice and community movements for her entire adult life. In Colombia, she worked alongside local leaders, thinkers, and artists promoting social change and conflict resolution; in the San Francisco Bay Area, she has focused on immigrant mental health and has used storytelling, journaling, and artmaking in her therapeutic and community work. Patricia lives in Berkeley and is an Assistant Professor at the University of San Francisco. BS, Psychology, Universidad de Los Andes; MA, Counseling Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies; EdD, International and Multicultural Education, University of San Francisco.

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Ngozi "N/A" Oparah is a writer, researcher, and artist whose writing has been featured in numerous literary magazines and published in novella form. After participating in various neuroscientific and psychological research projects exploring post-traumatic stress disorder and memory, she joined StoryCenter to lead digital and visual storytelling, autofiction, poetry, and memoir writing projects with diverse and underserved communities. More recently, Ngozi has been teaching creative writing and storytelling strategies at universities and nonprofits globally. She lives in London, where she also serves as a lecturer in the Master's in Arts and Sciences in Creative Health Program at the University of London. BA, Neuroscience and Philosophy, Duke University; MFA, Creative Writing, California College of the Arts; PhD, Creative Arts and Design, Loughborough University.