Akilah Briggs-Melvin (Binghampton, NY)
Folklorist, dancer, teaching artist, Community Fieldworker at New York Folklore
Geeta Chada (East Brunswick, NJ)
Teacher, bhangra dancer
Javier Hernández Acosta (San Juan, PR)
Associate Professor and Dean of the School of the Arts, Design, and Creative Industries at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, percussionist
Rebecca Hill (Brentwood, MD)
Dancer, choreographer, Appalachian square dance caller, educator, curator
Jesse Hocking (Washington, DC)
Folklorist, archivist, Acquisitions Coordinator for the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
Theda Sandiford (Kingshill, St. Croix, VI)
Fiber artist