Our Team

  • Genel Ambrose

    FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR

    Genel is a cultural strategist and mom of three girls. She envisions a society that acknowledges and celebrates the contributions and potential of Black women and girls. Learn more about her or get in touch.

  • Aisha Shillingford

    COLLABORATOR

    Aisha Shillingford is an anti-disciplinary artist, designer and cultural strategist. She is the Artistic Director of Intelligent Mischief, a futurist creative studio using art, content and experiences to unleash Black imagination to shape the future.

  • Mali Collins, Ph.D

    CURRICULUM DESIGN

    Mali is a doula, mother, and assistant professor of African American Studies at American University. She researches Black feminist approaches to medical technology, bioethics, contemporary Black art and culture, and the archival lives of Black motherhood.

  • Lauren Schores

    DATA SCIENTIST, TRUTH Portal

  • Nzinga Muhammad

    RESEARCHER, TRUTH Portal

  • Nia Acosta

    ART DIRECTOR

  • Elisa Slaton

    BRAND DESIGN, TRUTH Portal & Good Mirrors Index

  • Sulamita Javier

    ART DIRECTOR

  • Lavonda Manning

    CONSULTANT, WITNESS Exhibition (LA)

  • Mariana Sheppard

    CONSULTANT, WITNESS exhibition (LA)

  • Jennifer Williams

    CONSULTANT, WITNESS exhibition (LA)

Our Advisors

  • Shani Jamila

    Multi-disciplinary artist

  • Jacob Marshall

    Founder, Applied Wonder