MANAGING DIRECTOR

Ann Marie is an arts worker with a background as a producer and administrator working with innovative and experimental live performance…

Director of Education and Research

As The Story Collider’s inaugural Director of Education and Research, Leslie oversees our workshop programming, trains and supervises our team of facilitators…

MANAGING PRODUCER

As managing producer at The Story Collider, Misha supervises the production our shows and produces and hosts the podcast…

Operations Manager

Lindsay is an operations professional who started out as a whale biologist…

Ari is a science reporter who uses radio and multimedia to tell stories about science using radio, video, and online games...

Bryan began his career as a high school science teacher and now serves as Senior Producer for The Story Collider and instructor for The Story Studio…

Christine joins BBQ on the list of good things to come out of Texas...

Edith Gonzalez is an Assistant Professor of Archaeology and Critical Museum Studies at the University at Buffalo - SUNY…

Emma is a theater artist, writer, and story enthusiast based in Atlanta…

Gastor is a stand-up comedian and storyteller from Brooklyn, NY…

Jitesh Jaggi is a recent immigrant from India, currently living in Chicago…

Katie is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers science…

Kayla is a technical communications specialist with 5+ years of experience working in strategic planning, project management, and policy analysis.

Maryam is a molecular biologist who traded in her pipettes for the world of science policy and advocacy...

Meisa is enamored with the beauty of science. Through her work founding and directing the Atlanta Science Festival…

Nakeysha is the owner and Creative Director of Genre: Urban Arts (GUA), a platform where artists can become published digitally and in print…

Paula is a neuroscientist, musician and open water swimmer...

Shane is a conservation biologist turned science communicator…

Ang (they/them) is a queer masc, nonbinary comedian and producer from Springfield, Massachusetts…

Bart Thompson is a Massachusetts based teacher and storyteller…

Charlie Cook is a non-binary white settler on ancestral, unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territory…

With a BFA from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, Christine’s world has been richly colored by the transformative power of theatre …

Devon has been called a joyful bumblebee…

Diego is a journalist, storyteller, and barista from Seattle…

Emma is a biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington, DC….

Frankie is a Filipino-Canadian immigrant, storyteller, and community leader…

As a storyteller, Grant has been seen at The Moth, The Story Collider, Nights of Our Lives …

Hoda is a multimedia journalist with 15+ years of experience reporting in the Middle East and the U.S. …

Josh has researched everything from humpback whales to whale sharks to rockfish…

Originally from NYC, Juan Carlos now resides in Tacoma, WA. He is a proud graduate of Stony Brook University…

Kellie is a PhD biochemist, science writer, educator, collaborator, and adventure enthusiast...

In her former life as a college professor, Leslie specialized in inclusive pedagogy and teaching for social justice…

Melanie is a Paris-based storytelling producer and instructor…

Michaela is a PhD student at the University of Leeds…

Neeti is a National Science Foundation fellow and graduate student at the Yale School of the Environment…

Nestor “the Boss” Gomez was born in Guatemala and traveled to Chicago Undocumented in the mid 80’s..

Nisha Coleman is a writer, storyteller, musician, and actor based in Montreal…

Fola is a science communicator and microbiology PhD student at NYU…

Peter Michalski is a St. Louis based writer, content creator, and full-time silly guy.

Raj Sivaraman is a writer, comedian, and unfunded research scientist.

Resherle is a second-year PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin…

Reyhaneh (Rey) Maktoufi is a DC-based, Iranian researcher and science communicator…

Richard is a freelance science journalist based in London, writing mostly about natural history and archaeology.

Saad Sarwana also know as “The Standup Physicist” has been a comedian for 25+ years…

Sam is a comedian, actor and writer in St. Louis…

Dr. Sara Mazrouei is a planetary scientist, an educational developer, and a science communicator…

Skylar is a marine biologist, a storyteller, and a science communicator…

Steven is an experienced therapist, oral historian, and an accomplished storyteller…

Tracey is a storyteller and story coach who loves helping people find and tell the fascinating stories…

Tracy is a 3-time Moth StorySLAM champion who first appeared on the Story Collider stage in 2011…

Zack is a writer, producer, cartoonist, and comedian...

As managing producer at The Story Collider, Misha supervises the production of our shows and produces and hosts the podcast…

Nakeysha, M.S. Ed, is the owner and Creative Director of Genre: Urban Arts…

Zhen is a composer, photographer, filmmaker, and adventurer…

Alex is a PhD student at the University of Toronto where he studies the neuroscience behind emotional memories. He's also an audio engineer with over 7 years' experience …

Erin is the executive director and cofounder of The Story Collider…

Dr. Krishna Pakala is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at Boise State University…

Ross has nearly 10 years of finance and operational leadership…

La Profe Ana Maria Porras is a biomedical engineering professor, communicator, and science artist. She leads the Tissue-Microbe Interactions lab at the University of Florida…

Latasha Wright, Ph.D., is Chief Scientific Officer of Biobus…

Erin is a founding member of The Story Collider’s board, in addition to her role as executive director…