A. Andrews is a writer and cartoonist based in Minneapolis. They are the creator of A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability, a comic guide to sex and sexuality for all bodies, and were named one of The Advocate’s People of the Year (2021). Their work has appeared in The Washington Post, Autostraddle, The Nib, Glamour, and many more. For Prism’s Meat Issue, A. wrote about a childhood viewing of Alive and how it shaped their adult relationship with eating meat.

Alicia Kennedy is a writer from New York based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She writes a weekly newsletter on food culture, media, and politics, and is at work on a book about ethical eating for Beacon Press. For Prism Parcel 1, Alicia recounted her phase as a hardcore raw vegan and why it didn’t last. For Prism's Meat Issue, Alicia served as the Editor-at-Large.

Anita Little is a writer, editor, and content strategist from Texas who is now based in Los Angeles. She has spent the past 10 years creating meaningful, human-centered storytelling for places like Playboy, Ms., Elle and the ACLU. She’s currently reading Octavia Butler, watching anything in the Criterion Collection and learning meditation. For Prism Parcel 1, Anita wrote the Play and Nourishment overviews.

Clarissa Wei is a journalist based in Taipei. She is the host of Climate Cuisine, a podcast that is part of the Whetstone Radio Collective and explores how sustainable crops are used in similar climate zones around the world. For Prism’s Meat Issue, Clarissa wrote a global guide to plant-based eating.

Esther Tseng is a food and culture writer based in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, and more. For Prism’s Meat Issue, Esther wrote about how to choose meat that’s good for the environment and you.

Jenny Dorsey is a professional chef, author, and speaker working at the intersection of food, identity, and social justice. She leads a nonprofit community think tank named Studio ATAO, and runs her own culinary consulting business. Jenny writes a newsletter titled Way Too Complicated, and has bylines in outlets such as The Washington Post, Eater, The Counter, and Food & Wine. In pre-pandemic 2020, she gave her first TEDx Talk titled How Food Can Be a Source of Intimacy, Identity, and Vulnerability. For Prism’s Meat Issue, Jenny wrote about the relationship between masculinity and meat.

John Paul Brammer is an author and illustrator from Oklahoma currently based in Brooklyn. He is the creator of ¡Hola Papi!, a popular advice column catering to LGBTQ issues, and he has a memoir-in-essays of the same name being published in June. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, Food & Wine, Guernica, and many more. For Prism Parcel 1, John Paul revealed how a simple shift in mindset helped cure his sleepless nights.

Lisa Lombardi is the former executive editor of Health and the co-author of What the Yuck?! The Freaky & Fabulous Truth About Your Body. Her bylines include The Washington Post, Real Simple, Glamour, Time, Marie Claire, and The New York Times. She lives with her husband and sons in New York. Lisa worked as the executive editor on Parcel 1: The Reset.

Mallika Rao is a writer and teacher based in Brooklyn. Her work can be found at The New York Times, The Atlantic, New York Magazine, The Believer, and other publications. She likes to write about intimacy and outsiderness. For Prism Parcel 1, Mallika wrote about how a cat came to replace an ex during quarantine.

Margot Boyer-Dry writes about culture, business, power, and New York City. Find her bylines in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, The Guardian, and her own (very funny) newsletter, Lorem Ipsum, published to over 100,000 subscribers. For Prism Parcel 1, she wrote the Movement and Presence overviews.

MariNaomi is the author and illustrator of three award-winning graphic novels and four comic memoirs. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, The Rumpus, Smithsonian API, the Cartoon Art Museum, and the Asian Art Museum. She’s the founder and administrator of the Cartoonists of Color, Queer Cartoonists, and Disabled Cartoonists databases. For Prism Parcel 1, MariNaomi created a comic about how demanding neighbors tested her ideas about practicing compassion.

Mitchell S. Jackson is the winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing and the 2021 National Magazine Award in Feature Writing. He is the author of the novel The Residue Years and the critically acclaimed memoir Survival Math. He writes a column for Esquire magazine and delivers lectures and keynote addresses all over the world. For Prism Parcel 1, Mitchell wrote about the concept of life balance through the lens of race and the legacy of slavery.

Mitra Jouhari is a writer and comedian. She is one-third of the Three Busy Debras on Adult Swim, which she co-writes, co-executive produces, and co-stars in. She has written for Big Mouth, Human Resources, High Maintenance, The President Show, Miracle Workers, and more. She has appeared in Search Party, The Big Sick, Broad City, Miracle Workers, Big Mouth, and other cool stuff. For Prism Parcel 1, Mitra wrote about how she rediscovered her sense of play through pottery classes.

Morgan Jerkins is the author of Caul Baby, a novel, and senior culture editor at ESPN’s The Undefeated. For Prism Parcel 1, Morgan wrote about how conquering a childhood dread of exercise helped strengthen her writing.

Tove Danovich is a writer based in Portland, Oregon. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vox, The Ringer, and many others. Her first book, Under the Henfluence, will be published by Agate in spring 2023. For Prism’s Meat Issue, Tove wrote about how her flock of chickens changed her mindset about what (or who) we eat.

Wei Tchou writes about culture, food, and nature. She lives in Brooklyn. For Prism’s Meat Issue, Wei wrote about combating existential dread by fermenting tempeh.

Alex Irit Meir is a graphic designer, illustrator, and professional flower-sniffer from Los Angeles. She is a graduate of CalArts and enjoys drawing, writing, and talking to plants. When not at work, she can be found building terrariums or defeating Sauron.

Alicia is a multidisciplinary designer who’s worked in advertising, branding, events, marketing, print, digital, and social. She’s passionate about maps, typography, dot grid notebooks, .38 pens from Muji, and her cats. Alicia was the graphic designer on The Meat Issue.

Anna Williams is a tattoo artist and illustrator living in Los Angeles. She likes deco, art nouveau, and mod styles, and loves incorporating color into her illustrations, which is funny because she does not own a single article of colorful clothing. She likes creating beauty whether it’s for people’s walls, houses, or bodies. For Prism Parcel 1, Anna illustrated the Movement essay.

Diana Branzan is an illustrator and designer based in Brooklyn. She is a graduate of Pratt Institute and loves working with textures and patterning. For Prism Parcel 1, Diana illustrated content for the Nourishment essay.

Florencio Zavala is a creative director, designer, artist, and founder of Estudio Zavala, a conceptual design and illustration practice addressing global needs via local actions and partnerships. Recent clients include the California Endowment, Playboy, Honda Latino, IntoAction!, and the city of LA. Zavala lives in Northeast Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters. For Prism Parcel 1, Florencio illustrated the Balance essay.

Khaila Carr is an artist whose work is influenced by color, dreams, dogs, comix, love, sex, fantasy, psychedelia, animation, and her Filipino American heritage. She graduated with a BFA in Illustration and Fine Arts from the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio. When Khaila’s not drawing, she’s either hanging out with her corgi or enjoying an iced matcha latte. Probably both! For Prism Parcel 1, Khaila illustrated the Play essay.

Matt Martin is an LA-based photographer and photo editor whose work focuses largely on capturing the charms of humanity and the extraordinary possibilities of the material world. Specializing in portrait and still life photography, Martin’s photographs are snatched moments that could only be captured by someone not searching for, but simply seeing them as they happen - inflected with a peculiarity that sets them far apart from the norm. For Prism Parcel 1, Matt shot all the original photography for The Reset parcel.

Roman Muradov is an artist of moderate renown living in Brooklyn. He has written a number of books and won a number of awards. For Prism Parcel 1, Roman illustrated the Touch essay.

Sean Suchara is an artist, climate activist, and chaotic good tiefling sorcerer perpetually seeking to get caught in the liminal space between the mundane and the magical. For Prism Parcel 1, Sean illustrated the Nourishment essay and the Presence coloring book exercise.

Thomas Colligan is a Swiss illustrator and designer based in New York. He is a co-founder of TXTBooks, an independent publisher that has exhibited at NY Art Book Fair, LA Art Book Fair, and Yale’s Odds and Ends. For Prism Parcel 1, Thomas illustrated the Rest essay.

Ali Shapiro teaches writing at the University of Michigan’s Stamps School of Art & Design. Her comics, poems, essays, and reviews have appeared in various journals, including Gertrude, Prairie Schooner, The Rumpus, and Electric Literature. For Prism’s Meat Issue, Ali wrote about the cultural revelations from her time as Meat Editor.
Favorite Prism piece: “Sun up, sun down” by Mitchell S. Jackson. I love his genuine voice—especially verbs like “arithmetic” and “roost”—as he explores connections between slavery and his own complex relationship with balance.

Amélie is a freelance copy editor for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Artisan Books, and Raab & Co., among others. She was previously managing editor of The Hollywood Reporter and copy chief of WSJ. Magazine. Her most recent accomplishment was finding a plant-based milk that foams.
Favorite Prism piece: “I thought I needed sleep. Then I found rest.”

Ciara is a creative and business strategist who’s worked at The Wing and Accenture.
Favorite Prism piece: “My work was giving me panic attacks. So I started making crooked vases.” by Mitra Jouhari. “Nothing like some raucous humor mixed in with earnest storytelling to make me feel alive. Plus, pottery is ~verified~ healing.”

Evelyn is an editor and content strategist who’s worked with publications (The Village Voice, Vogue) and brands (Spotify, Fenty) alike.
Favorite Prism piece: “Love in a no-contact world” by Mallika Rao. “I’m a sucker for an essay that can make me laugh and cry within the span of a paragraph.”

Jocelyn helps creative people make stuff. Currently a partner at Parallel, she’s also worked in publishing (Quartz), theater/comedy/music (Ars Nova), and along the way got an MBA.
Favorite Prism piece: “The radiant present” by Ali Shapiro. “A meditation on presence that doesn’t make me fidgety and praises fake plants? You have my attention.”

Katherine is an ops guru who’s worked with brands like Beautycounter and J.Crew and with cool people doing cool things like Kelly Lamb.
Favorite Pat Moment: Alps Pat “Don’t we all just wish we could be a chill mountain in the alps sometimes?? Stay high, Pat.”

Lorin is a CalArts and Westtown School alum. He is a graphic designer and educator. He currently leads creative at Parallel and spends time as visiting faculty at both CalArts and Pratt Institute.
Favorite Pat Moment: All Pat moments are my favorite ​​🧀 haha.

Pat is Prism’s Chief Culture Officer (and its mascot). They love rigorous walks and cookies.