Daniella is a Chicago-based writer, consultant, and performer. Over the past decade, she has collaborated with creatives, leaders, and advocates from diverse backgrounds. A dedicated advocate for disability justice, Daniella was a 2021 Disability Lead Fellow, is a member of the organization’s professional network, and served on the Chicago International Film Festival’s Accessibility Advisory Committee from 2023 to 2025.

She has written extensively about her personal experience with disability, including a piece on disability and Pride Month for Access Living, and is a frequent contributor to the Chicago Reader. Daniella also serves as Board Secretary for Plant Chicago in Back of the Yards. Her background includes nonprofit marketing and communications, and she has planned events ranging from intimate 20-person house shows to sold-out festivals with over 4,000 attendees. Her audience experience work centers on accessibility and outreach to underrepresented groups, including youth and the disability community.

Karen is a Chicago-based multidisciplinary creative currently rooted in Back of the Yards and is originally from Durango, Mexico. She brings a community-centered approach to storytelling, with a passion for environmental justice, our relationship to the Earth’s resources, and the ways we think about waste and consumption.

K is focused on illuminating patterns of inequity, land use, and community resilience in EJ neighborhoods. She uses aerial photography, storytelling, and collaborative media to spark dialogue about the intersectionality of our collective struggles. She has experience in community organizing, developing culturally relevant youth programs, content creation, and facilitating shared learning spaces.

Outside of her creative practice, K enjoys caring for her plants, biking the Lakefront Trail, and spending time with her two children—a 9 year old taurus and a furry Shepweiler—who remind her to explore, slow down, and stay curious.

Madison joyfully celebrates her fourth year helping plan and prepare for CFPAC’s Annual Food Justice Summit. With roots tied to Chicago and the Midwest at large, she brings years of nonprofit event planning, food and environmental justice activating, and community cultivating to the front of her professional repertoire. Outside of this work, you can find her talking about the regenerative agricultural practices in wine and cheese, rereading some of her favorite dystopian sci-fi novels, and daydreaming about summertime on the Great Lakes.

Sydney’s growth as a space facilitator, gatherer, and strategist is deeply nurtured by Chicagoland workers and movement builders. She is passionate about providing administrative and operational support to collective and movement spaces rooted in expansive listening, anti-capitalist structures, and communal growth.

Her professional experience includes work at DePaul University, The Honeycomb Project, the Comer Crops Farm, Chicago Food Policy Action Council, and the Community Food Navigator. These spaces informed her approach to creating processes and strategies that challenge traditional systems, deepen relationships, and embrace generative conflict.  Sydney finds joy in dreaming and collectivizing with friends, dancing, cooking, and getting her hands in the soil.