Lisa oversees design and product development at MONOGRAM, the graphic tee company she co-founded with her husband, Jeff. She has been recognized through numerous industry accolades for her design, and was previously the co-founder of Vena Cava. Lisa is a mother of two boys and lives in Clinton Hill.
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Charlotte is the co-founder of RUDAS, a line of idlewear designed and produced in NYC. She has a history in art book publishing, a love of textiles, and an obsession with bath houses. Born and raised in North Carolina, she currently lives in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.
Read MorePaige is a Brooklyn-based poetry teacher and filmmaker. Currently pursuing her master’s degree in Media Studies at Pratt, her work explores the intersection of art and advocacy, where the political and the creative coexist, unpacking gender, heritage, and sexuality with multimedia storytelling.
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Angie is the Publicity Manager for Vintage & Anchor Books at Penguin Random House. Originally from Los Angeles, she moved to NYC after graduating from college in Oregon to pursue a career in book publishing. She lives in East Williamsburg with her fiancé and their dog, Shelby.
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Zan Goodman is the design director of Chandelier Creative and a native New Yorker. She has worked on a wide range of fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands, including Adidas, Bottega Veneta, Moda Operandi, Moët Hennessy, and Target, and has designed books for Rizzoli and Penguin. She lives in Greenpoint.
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Holly is a dancer from Vancouver. She moved to New York at age 18 to attend the dance conservatory at SUNY Purchase College. She’s performed various works of choreographers and performance artists, and collaborated with musicians, clothing designers, playwrights, and film-makers.
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Bianca is the Community Manager at Milk. Born and raised in Coronado, California, she always knew the city life was for her. She graduated New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a major in Film and a minor in Art History. In addition to her position at Milk, she does freelance photography, painting, and production design for editorial videos and short films. Lately she's also been modeling for a number of brands that are striving to feature girls with untraditional looks. She also recently self-published a zine, "hotpot," with photos she took on a recent trip throughout Asia.
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Based in Brooklyn, NY, Sara Radin is a writer and curator. Full time, she is the Youth Culture Editor for WGSN, where she consults global brands on consumer trends for Millennials and Generation Z. Outside of work, Sara does memoir writing and curates pop-up art events and workshops. She is the co-founder of It's Not Personal, a collaborative project, growing anthology and collective inspired by the female dating experience. Previously, her personal writing has been published by Bust Magazine, Huffington Post and Thought Catalog. She also teaches the pre-college program at the Fashion Institute of Technology and is currently a mentor for Girls Write Now.
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Rawan is the founder of Aurora Botanica, a floral art studio where she specializes in creating work with a dreamy, serene and wild aesthetic. Next year, Rawan will begin offering sacred flower bouquets inspired by sacred herbs and wildflowers, as well as launching an inspired clothing line called Aurora Vestita.
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Verena is a freelance graphic designer, illustrator, and art director originally from Austria. Splitting her time working for clients in both New York and San Francisco, she is also the founder of Sand and Such, a blog about sleep.
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Daryl Oh is a photographer, entrepreneur, and founder of Holyrad Studio. As a WOC, Daryl is dedicated to creating safe spaces for the other, by the other. Holyrad Studio aims to operate outside of outdated systems of the creative industry through bolstering young, enterprising creatives.
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Allie is a model living in Bedford-Stuyvesant, but is originally from a seaside town in New Hampshire. She enjoys shopping for vintage clothing, being alone with her brain, reading, and collecting classic rock vinyl.
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Meet NYC Passerby, Kristi Garced, Fashion Market Editor at WWD
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Meet NYC passerby, Beth Garrabrant, photographer and photo director at Nylon Magazine after working at Travel + Leisure Magazine where she discovered her talents.
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Katy is an NYC based location scout and writer. Born in Connecticut, she moved to Toronto and then to San Francisco before moving back to the east coast. Avid film-goer, Rolling Stones lover, reader and explorer. Occasional trespasser.
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Mariana Orkenyi is a Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher. Her work is to guide through meditation and integrated teachings bringing clarity, awareness, and support for people to go within and expand. She holds a masters degree in Arts and Cultural Management, a Meditation Teacher Certification through Ananda School of Yoga and Meditation and in Mindfulness through UCLA. She is currently studying Contemplative Psychotherapy at Nalanda Institute. Mariana leads courses, guided meditations, private sessions and talks all over the world. Mariana was born and raised in Brazil, lived in Mexico City and Barcelona and studied with some of the most important leading masters in spirituality and meditation.
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Mastering Engineer Heba Kadry was born in Egypt and grew up listening to early 90s indie shoegaze records whenever she could get her hands on them. She works at Timeless Mastering in Bushwick in the studio she physically helped build.
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Alaa was born in Jeddah and raised in Montreal. Her passion for art developed with her changing surroundings. She founded the brand Fyunka and is currently working on the launch of a cultural publication she co-founded called Minaa Zine.
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Alyssa Coscarelli is a fashion writer, consultant, and influencer based in the East Village, New York City. After working as an editor for Refinery29 for 5 years, Alyssa recently took the leap to give the freelance life a whirl, and in addition to contributing to various digital publications, consulting for up-and-coming New York indie brands, she's working on launching her own online platform in the coming months. She's an impulsive shopper with a love for vintage and indie brands specifically, and can never pass up the perfect pair of Levi's (even though she owns more than any one human should).
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Sabrina Diaz grew up in Bergen County, New Jersey. She describes her high school as “your quintessential and stereotypical school,” closely resembling Mean Girls. There was even a rumor going around that the movie was based off her school. By her junior year, tired of of that scene, Sabrina took any opportunity she could to get out of her school and her hometown, often ending up in the city. She knew that New York was where she wanted to be for college, and started at LIM before moving to FIT, where she studied marketing and business.
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