ERICA MACHULAK, PhD is the founder and lead facilitator of Hikma, a social impact startup with a mission to mobilize scholarship for the public good through consulting, training, and storytelling.

CRYSTAL MARIE MOTEN, PhD is a public historian, curator, and writer who focuses on the intersection of race, class, and gender to uncover the hidden histories of Black people in the Midwest. She is the author of the award-winning book, Continually Working: Black Women, Community Intellectualism and Economic Justice in Postwar Milwaukee.

SOPHIA VAN HEES, PhD is a creative professional with passions ranging from fine art to cognitive neuroscience. As owner of Brave Snail Designs, she also embraces fearless creativity mixed with slow and meaningful growth.