Melody Starya Mobley was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the youngest of three children, and graduated third in her high school class of more than 500. She attended the University of […]

Emily is an aspiring winter backpacker and thru-hiker based in Duluth, Minnesota with her partner and two dogs. She has completed the remote 41-mile Kekekabic and 66 mile Border Route […]

Born and raised by a single immigrant mom in the frontline community of Miami, Florida, Mejia’s commitment to climate justice began after witnessing the government’s response to Hurricane Irma leave […]

Alexandra Rojas is a founding member and currently the Executive Director at Justice Democrats. Under her leadership in the 2020 and 2022 cycles, JD recruited and elected Jamaal Bowman, Cori […]

Molly Kawahata is the Founder of Systemic Impact Strategies, a strategy and communications consultancy, and a former Climate Advisor to the Obama White House. She is the subject of Patagonia’s […]

Nadia Parfan is a Kyiv-based film director, writer, producer and film programmer. She studied cultural studies in Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and social anthropology in Central European University (Budapest). In 2012-13 she […]

John de Graaf has been producing documentaries for 45 years, including nearly 20 national PBS prime time specials. He has received more than a hundred filmmaking awards, particularly for environmental […]

Nate Halverson is an Emmy Award-winning senior reporter and producer at The Center for Investigative Reporting, covering business and finance with an emphasis on the global food system.   2023 […]

Jamie Berger is a writer and documentary filmmaker born and raised in North Carolina. Her writing has been featured in Vox, The Guardian, USA Today, NowThis, The News & Observer, […]

Gabriela Cowperthwaite has been directing documentaries and narrative films for over 20 years, rising to prominence with the 2013 release of Blackfish, which examined the plight of orcas and their […]