Matthew Cooper is a Portland-based musician and composer who has created eleven albums and numerous singles, EPs, and film scores, all under the name Eluvium.

Jean Wender is an artist who lives in Kansas City, Kansas. She currently focuses on ceramic art, and also has worked extensively in painting.

Aryn Fletcher is a young artist and craftsman who lives in Southeast Portland.

Maren Curtis is an Oakland, California-based screenwriter who is working on her first novel.

Born in Mexico and raised amid the onion and garlic fields of California, Maria Rodriguez is now a Portland-based hardware engineer for an international electronics firm.

Matteo is a veteran screenwriter, budding graphic novelist, and all around good guy who lives in Southeast Portland.

Lois Ruskai Melina is a writer, educator, and rower who lives in Southwest Portland.

Aileen Sheedy is a filmmaker and storyteller who lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

Amy Ouellette is a professional photographer, a wife, a mom, and an all around cool person who lives in North Portland.

Waka T. Brown is an Asian American writer, artist, educator, and mother of three sons… among other things.