Diavian Walters

Diavian is a born and bred Brooklynite and a Psychology major at Mercy College. She aspires to be an Art Therapist and she’s been a Teaching Artist in the Moth Education program.

Lori Gottlieb

Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and New York Times best- selling author who writes the weekly  "Dear Therapist" advice column for The Atlantic.  Her next book, Maybe You Should Talk To Someone, will be out next spring.

Twitter: @LoriGottlieb1

Mushroom Turned Bear

by Diavian Walters

Diavian Walters has a relationship with hair that is shear madness.

The Whole Package

by Lori Gottlieb

Lori Gottlieb searches for the perfect donor and the whole package.

REI Co-op

by Gary Bremen

Adriane McGillis

CJ Hunt

CJ Hunt is a comedian and filmmaker. He has been a Field Producer on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and The Rundown with Robin Thede. CJ is also the director of The Neutral Ground, an award-winning documentary about monuments, memory, and breaking up with the Confederacy. Now streaming on iTunes and Amazon.

Blessing Digha

Blessing Digha is a Sexual and Reproductive Health advocate who works for Women Deliver in Africa, and she says her father is proud of her.

Harwood Taylor

Harwood is Director of a Fine Art gallery in Houston, and he loves telling stories.

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by Omar Musa

Meet the Education Interns

David Coven, Terin Dickerson & David Lepelstat

David Coven hears a poem that sticks with him for life.

Terin Dickerson nurtures his art through a living canvas.

David Lepelstat is convinced of his superhero powers until they get him into a deadly situation.

David Lepelstat

David is a senior at Laguardia High School in New York City where he is an acting major. He likes making jokes, playing basketball, and playing guitar. Next year he will be attending Wesleyan University to major in something, he just doesn’t know what it is yet.

David Coven

David Coven is a recent grad from the University of Washington, where he fell in love with education, renewable energy, and just overall trying doing good for the world. He's worked at The National Science Foundation, Boeing, Tesla, and helped create the first Pacific Northwest Hyperloop team for SpaceX's competition. Working for all these dream companies inspired David to help others get to experience theirs too. His non-profit, Scholarship Junkies, helps students get to and pay for college for free and experience the magic of higher education.

Terin Dickerson

Terin is the owner of Cry Babies Electric Tattooing in Bloomington, Indiana where he currently resides. In 2017 he was awarded an Emerging Artist award by the Bloomington Society of Arts and Letters for a painting series he’s titled, “Black Girl Magic.” He’s also currently working on a tattoo vlog series on his YouTube Channel.

If They Gunned Me Down

by David Coven

David Coven hears a poem that sticks with him for life.

September 21, 2013

by Terin Dickerson

Terin Dickerson nurtures his art through a living canvas.

Pool Party

by David Lepelstat

David Lepelstat is convinced of his superhero powers until they get him into a deadly situation.

The Bad Joke

by Adriane McGillis

Adrianne McGillis’ father's favorite joke lands him in the hospital.

Against the Wind

by CJ Hunt

CJ Hunt reflects on mix-tapes and memories from his past.