Traci G. LeeTraci G. Lee is a digital producer at msnbc for The Rundown with José Díaz-Balart and Andrea Mitchell Reports, as well as a contributor to NBC Asian America. Since 2012, she has worked with msnbc shows to produce content for social media and formsnbc.com.
Prior to moving to New York City, Lee interned at NPR News in Washington, D.C., and managed a daily news blog produced by interns from NPR in DC and in Los Angeles. Over the course of her career, Lee has reported a variety of topics from national politics to protests to celebrity profiles, with a focus on diversity in the media, and more. Outside of work, she blogs regularly at seetraciwrite.com. Lee graduated from UC Irvine in 2011 with degrees in Literary Journalism and Global Cultures. At UCI, Lee was managing editor of the New University, as well as an editor for Kiosk and Incite magazines, and a graphic designer and marketing assistant at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts |
Ryka AokiRyka Aoki is the author of Seasonal Velocities, He Mele a Hilo (A Hilo Song) and the forthcoming Why Dust Shall Never Settle upon this Soul.
She has been honored by the California State Senate for her “extraordinary commitment to free speech and artistic expression, as well as the visibility and well-being of Transgender people.” She was on the first Trans 100 list of most prominent and influential trans people in the United States, and was named as one to 11 Tran Artists of Color you should know by the Huffington Post. Ryka has MFA in Creative Writing from Cornell University is the recipient of a University Award from the Academy of American Poets. She is a professor of English at Santa Monica College and of Queer Studies at Antioch University. |