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Paula is an Australian artist and illustrator whose work can be seen in a weekly column and cartoon in PLAY Magazine for The West Australian newspaper. She is also the author of the book “Mumlife,”. Before launching her art career, Paula spent 13 years as a landscape architect in London and Shanghai.

The Healing Foundation is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organization that addresses ongoing forced trauma many families experience.

Marisa is the creative director for Laser Kitten, a vintage and pop culture inspired accessories brand. With experience in mainstream corporate advertising, teaching Creative Direction and running her own fashion business, Marisa has been featured as a trendsetter in Vogue and Seventeen. Marisa was also named one of LA Weekly’s alternative style makers to watch. She’s based in Los Angeles and creates most of her art out of her home studio in Silver Lake.

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) is a global leader in the fight against cancer. The LLS mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world, provides free information and support services, and is the voice for all blood cancer patients seeking access to quality, affordable and coordinated care.

Benny is a graphic designer and creator of globally-recognized streetwear brand, “Benny Gold.” After 20 years of working for someone else, he decided to venture out on his own. Benny started by creating a simple “Stay Gold,” sticker and posting it around town. Fast forward to now, Benny Gold is now a renowned brand and has a boutique based in San Francisco.

Creativity Explored is committed to supporting people with developmental disabilities in their quest to become working artists, and to promoting their work as an emerging and increasingly important contribution to the contemporary art world. Additionally, Creativity Explored provides studio artists the opportunity to earn income from the sale of their artwork and to pursue livelihood as a visual artist to the fullest extent possible.

Sharee stays very busy as a t-shirt graphic designer by day and an author/illustrator by night. She lives in Jersey City with her husband and their two cats, Pumpkin and Spice! Sharee is the author and illustrator of Princess Hair and Don’t Touch My Hair both published by Little Brown for Young Readers. She is currently working on Michelle’s Garden, the story of Michelle Obama and the White House garden, to be published in Spring 2021.

The Okra Project is a collective that brings home cooked, healthy, and culturally-specific meals and resources to Black Trans people.

Ciara is a self taught Chamoru-Filipino artist, born and raised in Guam. Her work is inspired by her heritage and reflects the influence and spirit of her upbringing on the island. Currently based in Bellingham, Washington, Ciara’s mission as an artist is to empower women, BIPOC and to help them feel seen in her work.

Urban Harvest STL believes everyone should have equitable access to fresh, healthy food regardless of socioeconomic status, race or location. The organization grows healthy produce across a network of seven urban farms in the heart of St. Louis and donates a majority of the harvest to nonprofit partners serving communities with limited or non-existent access to healthy, nutritious food.

Sam is a self-taught artist hailing from Albuquerque, New Mexico. He moved to the Bay Area in the late 90s to develop his career as a commercial artist. Sam is currently the creative director and founder of his brand Twelve Grain for Upper Playground.

826 Valencia is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting under-resourced students ages six to eighteen with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. 826 Valencia has three writing centers located in San Francisco. All programs are offered free of charge to students.

Ellen is an illustrator and designer based in Los Angeles. Her work is influenced by her love of bright colors, Mid-Century design and vintage treasures. When she’s not working on her own, she’s collaborating with Clover Scouts, an illustration collective, where Ellen and her friends make fun products to showcase their work.

Planned Parenthood is a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world. Planned Parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of women, men, and young people worldwide.

Annie is an illustrator born and raised in Los Angeles. She studied at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City and graduated with a BFA in Illustration. Annie aims to tell stories through her illustrations - a visual narrative that can be conveyed from a quirky pigeon sketch to branding a company.

BEAM is a collective of advocates, yoga teachers, artists, therapists, lawyers, religious leaders, teachers, psychologists and activists committed to the emotional/mental health and healing of Black communities. BEAM’s mission is to remove the barriers that Black people experience getting access to or staying connected with emotional health care and healing.

Jordan is an illustrator based out of Phoenix, Arizona. Her work is centered around deep and dreamy colors, exaggerated proportions and turning feelings into shapes. Jordan aims to give every person something to relate to and believes in feeling things deeply. When not drawing, Jordan can be found listening to true crime podcasts, playing with her dog Danger, and drinking coffee.

Trans Queer Pueblo creates community solutions for migrant and LGBT + community in Phoenix, Arizona. It’s leaders strive to involve as many community members as possible to move Phoenix toward ending criminalization of their people and toward a radical well-being for everyone.

Helice is a Chinese-American artist. She was born and raised in Shenzhen, China and moved to San Francisco at the age of 14. Helice received a BA Illustration degree from Academy of Art University, San Francisco. After graduating, she illustrated several children’s books before switching her focus to gallery work. Through her work, Helice uses figures and floral patterns to narrate the intimate, vulnerable, and sensibilities in everyday life.

Larkin St Youth Services is a nonprofit empowering young people to move beyond homelessness. Founded in 1984, the organization has helped over 75,000 young adults in San Francisco by providing a continuum of healthcare, housing, employment, and education services. Larkin Street Youth Services is not only SF’s largest nonprofit provider for young people experiencing homelessness, they are also part of the movement to end youth homelessness on a national scale.

Laura is a freelance illustrator based in Glasgow, Scotland. Ever since graduating from the College of Art at the University of Edinburgh, Laura has been honing her style in intricate pieces made meticulously from different layers of paper, cut with scissors and finished with finely painted details. These are then photographed and edited for reproduction, providing a final printed that has depth, texture and a novelty charm.

The Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) is led by volunteers, whose mission is to provide relief to victims of natural and human disasters, and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies, and to mitigate the suffering of the most vulnerable.

Melanie Getman is a San Francisco-based artist. Her illustrations and murals can be found throughout the Bay Area.

California Wildfire Relief Fund has supported the immediate relief efforts and long-term recovery of wildfire-impacted communities throughout California since 2003.