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BOBBIE FAN<\/h3><\/div>

BOBBIE FAN (Fall 2022 \u2013 current) is a data monkey ruining banquets of their former homes in academia & local government. They organize with Pittsburghers for Public Transit, Against Carceral Tech, & the coveillance counter-surveillance collective.\u00a0
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SARA TANG<\/h3><\/div>

SARA TANG (Fall 2022 \u2013 current) is a multidisciplinary artist. A member of #notwhite collective & Digital Content Curator for Anthropology of Motherhood, Sara is invested in drawing people into a deeper empathic encounter with themselves & their communities.
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ELINA ZHANG<\/h3><\/div>

ELINA ZHANG (Fall 2022 \u2013 current) is a writer-organizer with a Creative Nonfiction MFA from the University of Pittsburgh. Her writing about gendered violence & unruly desires can be found in LitHub, PublicSource & more. She is a 2022 Periplus Fellow & 2023 RWW Fellow.
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LENA CHEN<\/h3><\/div>

LENA CHEN (2021 \u2013 current) is an artist creating socially engaged work that explores gender, labor, race, and sexuality. A recipient of Mozilla Foundation\u2019s 2022 Creative Media Award and B3 Biennial of the Moving Image\u2019s 2019 \u201cBest Emerging Talent\u201d, she has exhibited, performed internationally, and has been awarded grants at Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Sundance Institute, UC Berkeley\u2019s Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, & Burning Man Global Arts Fund. She earned a B.A. in sociology from Harvard University, and a MFA at Carnegie Mellon University.
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ANNE CHEN<\/h3><\/div>

Anne Chen (2021-Fall 2022) is a teaching artist interested in decolonizing craft and demystifying making. Curious about the diasporic migration of artifacts, her creations knock-off the objects of her Chinese-American upbringing. She has deep roots in Pittsburgh\u2019s educational community having worked with Tech Shop, Prototype, Assemble, Braddock Library, CCAC, and CMU\u2019s School of Architecture.\u00a0
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LENA CHEN<\/h3><\/div>

LENA CHEN (2021 \u2013 current) is an artist creating socially engaged work that explores gender, labor, race, and sexuality. A recipient of Mozilla Foundation\u2019s 2022 Creative Media Award and B3 Biennial of the Moving Image\u2019s 2019 \u201cBest Emerging Talent\u201d, she has exhibited, performed internationally, and has been awarded grants at Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Sundance Institute, UC Berkeley\u2019s Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, & Burning Man Global Arts Fund. She earned a B.A. in sociology from Harvard University, and a MFA at Carnegie Mellon University.
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C. RYU<\/h3><\/div>

C.Ryu (2021 \u2013 2024) formally known as Caroline Yoo is an artist using translation as a tool to map forgotten histories and performs contemporary translations of rituals for the living. Ryu is also the co-founder of Hwa Records \u2013 a group focusing on relieving the perpetual fire and flower cultural illnesses that bloom in the Korean-American diaspora \u2013 and has performed, exhibited and culturally produced at the Institute of Contemporary Art, San Francisco; University of Southern California; LA Art Show and more.
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