M. Florine Démosthène was born in the United States and raised between Port-au-Prince, Haiti and New York. Démosthène earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Parsons School for Design in New York and her Master of Fine Arts from Hunter College-City University of New York. 

She has exhibited extensively through solo and selected exhibitions in the United States, Caribbean, UK, Europe, and Africa, with recent solo shows including, What The Body Carries, with Frist Art Museum Nashville, Mastering The Dream, with SCAD Museum of Art Savannah and In The Realm Of Love, with Mariane Ibrahim Gallery Paris, France. She is a recipient of a New York Foundation of the Arts Artist Fellowship, Wachtmeister Award, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Arts Moves Africa Grant, Black Star Award and a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant. 

She has participated in artist residencies in the United States, Caribbean, UK, Slovakia, South Africa, Ghana and Tanzania.
Her works are on view at National Museum For African American History and Culture, Africa First Collection, University of South Africa (UNISA), Lowe Museum of Art, Hessler Museum of Art, PFF Collection of African American Art, the City of Seattle Washington and in various private collections worldwide.

Dre Jácome (she/her) is a transdisciplinary storyteller and strategist weaving across digital and land-based technologies. As a trained herbalist, historian, and organizer, she grounds her creative work in archival research, oral history, critical ethnobotany, and collaboration with chosen family and community organizations. 

Working across design, poetry, assemblage, and computation, she has shown work at Smack Mellon, Lincoln Center, and MOCADA's Abolition House. Currently, she sits on the Powerhouse Arts Community Advisory Council and collaborates with Healing Justice Lineages, National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network, and the New Economy Coalition. She holds a B.A. in History & Latin American Studies from Swarthmore College and an MS from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. 

Yuxiang Dong is an art, educational, and social worker. His current practices and research are driven by the contradiction between ethnography in the Anthropocene and the speculation of object-oriented ontology. 

He received an Honorable Mention of the PhMuseum Photography Grant (2023) and was a finalist of the Three Shadows Photography Award (2016). He has exhibited at Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk, VA (USA), Goldsmiths, University of London (UK); OCAT Institute, Beijing (China); Verzasca Foto, Canton of Ticino (Switzerland); Jakarta International Photo Festival, Jakarta, (Indonesia); and other international venues. 

His documentaries and filmic works have been screened at Obskuur Ghent Film Festival (Belgium), Doc.BostonDocumentary Film Festival (USA), Stay Art Festival (China), and other global festivals.He writes extensively at the nexus of art, technology, and society. His articles have been published in Leonardo, Photographies, Media-N, and other journals. He has presented his research at Tate Liverpool, College Art Association Annual Conference, and other international institutions and conferences. Dong currently teaches in the University of Miami.

Maya Williams (b. Los Angeles, CA; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) is a multimedia artist and writer. They are exploring the ecological foundations of Black, Indigenous, and Queer cultural technologies as a means for informing how we live with and design emerging technologies. Their work is particularly informed by practices of caretaking, resistance, and land stewardship. 

With a background in manufacturing and fabrication, they create installations, tangible objects, and events to engage, reclaim, and reorient how we experience physical spaces. Williams holds a BA in Sociology from New York University (NYU) Shanghai, and an MPS in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU Tisch School.

Trisha Barton is an Interaction Designer and STEM/Maker Education consultant driven by a deep commitment to empowering diverse learners through innovative education. With a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and an Ed.M in Creative Technology, she explores how technology can transform learning, spark creativity, and facilitate social impact. Her focus on hands-on experiences enables students to integrate and understand multiple subjects, making learning both engaging and meaningful.

Over the past decade, Trisha has dedicated herself to researching and developing inclusive STEAM curricula tailored to the needs of diverse communities. She has facilitated over 800 hours of virtual workshops centered around social justice and design, crafting custom experiences that resonate with participants from various backgrounds.

She is passionate about consulting for organizations to implement impactful STEAM initiatives that equip educators and youth with the skills needed for the 21st century. Believing in the power of representation, Trisha works to inspire underrepresented minorities to engage in and pursue careers in STEM.

As a speaker at events such as the Blacks at Microsoft Culture Slam and the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, she shares insights on the intersection of technology, education, and community engagement. Her journey is fueled by a desire to create equitable access to transformative learning experiences that uplift and empower.