• Read more about Thomas Stanley

Thomas Stanley lives a short distance from the Chesapeake Bay where he is co-parenting two school-aged sons. As an artist, author, and activist deeply committed to  audio culture in the service of personal growth and noetic (r)evolution, Stanley has performed and curated musical sound for most of his adult life. In August of 2022, he gave the keynote address at Cube Fest, a celebration of highly-spatialized music held in the advanced HDLA facilities of Virginia Tech’s Moss Arts Center.

• Read more about Heather M

Heather M is a feminist, artist, and author as well as the principal voice behind the Femme Project, an art effort addressing themes of identity, sex and sexuality and equality.  After carving out a notable career as a creative director and marketing consultant, she walked away from the corporate world in 2014 to start the Femme Project with the intent of creating art with a purpose. Since then, the work of the Femme Project has driven awareness and action surrounding women’s issues through visual mediums, film, writing, and social engagement.

• Read more about Rachel L Mallalieu

Rachel Mallalieu is an emergency physician and mother of five. Her poetry explores the intersection between medicine and motherhood. She is the author of A History of Resurrection (Alien Buddha Press 2022). Some of Rachel's recent work is featured or forthcoming in Nelle, Peauxdunque Review, Chestnut Review and Rattle. More of her poetry can be found at rachel-mallalieu.com.

• Read more about Leslie F. Miller

I like to break things and put them back together in a random, yet tasteful, order. As a writer, photographer, and mosaic artist, I make the small big and the big small. I create memento mori mosaic assemblages and shoot extreme closeups of bugs.