Julianna Lozada
Contributing Writer
Julianna (she/her/hers) is a student at the Sciences Po and Columbia University Dual BA Program. She is interested in politics, music, and travel. She hopes to work internationally whether its in journalism or foreign policy.
Edissa Nicolás-Huntsman
Creative Director and CEO
Edissa Nicolás-Huntsman, MFA, (She/Her/They) is a writer, agitator, activist and educator, using her voice to advocate for social-justice reform. She is an award-winning essayist in Fierce: Essays by and About Dauntless Women. Contact her at info@karmacompass.me.
Abbas Aliyu Ari
Contributing Writer
Abbas Aliyu Ari (He/Him), Nigerian entrepreneur, writer and farmer with an HND in Business Administration and experience traveling around Africa is passionate about reading business books, building businesses and helping the community. He teaches youth entrepreneurship, attitude building and financial literacy. Writing has been a part of his life from childhood when he wrote about his dreams and aspirations.
Ashton Huntsman
Film Editor: Deep South Dharma
Ashton (He/Him) is an editor and filmmaker from Minnesota with a passion for storytelling. He got his BFA in Film Production from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and intends to use it to make the world a little more bearable and a little stranger every day.
Contributing Writer: Black Culture and Entertainment
Diandra (She/Her/They) is a New York born entertainer and unapologetic Drag Queen with a flair for fashion and the arts. While living abroad for a few years, she opened to the notion that the world exists and thrives outside the perimeters of her personal five-borough world! Through her art, she says, “Hello!” to as many of her neighbors on the planet as she can. She brings her passionate expertise on Black history, art and culture to our pages.
Mary Elyn Bahlert
Contributing Writer: The Wisdom Years
Mary Elyn (She/Her) is a retired United Methodist Pastor, writer and poet. Her great love is the spiritual life, and she likes to say she has “taken a drink from many cups,” in spiritual practice and thinking. She is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and lives in Oakland, California in a beautiful 100-year-old Craftsman home with her husband, Jeff, and their finicky cat, LiLi.
Kristine Moore
Artist in Residence
Kristine (She/Her) has an AA in Drawing and Painting and has explored many art mediums including making glass beads and jewelry, watercolor and oil painting and chalk pastel drawing. An avid hiker, dancer, horse rider and nature lover, she has enjoyed teaching Tai Chi and Ballroom dance, as well as working with llamas and horses.
Steve Yapuncich
Contributing Writer
Steve Yapuncich’s (He/Him) first memory is of his sisters letting go of him at age one and three days. Sober 48 years, he lives on the Banks Little Horn River with wife, daughter, granddaughter and two great-grandsons on tribal homesite. Enrolled Tsi-ga-mo-gi and adopted into several Apsaalooke families, he works as a private criminal defender on Crow and Northern Cheyenne Reservations. Born guide, poet, hunter, musician—and Papa, the best of all.
Lilia (She/Her) is a visual artist with a focus in design and production within a variety of contexts including the stage, camera, and experiences. She comes from a background in dance and performing arts to push boundaries in world-building and visual storytelling. Her passionate designs spark curiosity and ignite the imagination.
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Featured Image: “Meditation on Joy” by Edissa Nicolás-Huntsman
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