Jon(athan) Key is an artist, designer, and writer whose work is informed by heritage, identity, and culture. He is one of the partners of Morcos Key a Brooklyn based graphic design studio. Currently he is also the co-founding Design Director of Codify Art and Contributing Art Director for The Tenth Magazine, a black, queer lifestyle and culture magazine.
YuJune Park is a Partner at Synoptic Office and the Associate Director of Communication Design at Parsons School of Design. She has an MFA in Graphic Design from Yale University, and a BFA in Furniture Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. Throughout her career she has worked for and collaborated with a range of studios and clients such as Base Design, Pentagram, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She currently sits on the board of directors for the Type Directors Club,and actively participates in design education and typography speaking engagements for events like Typographics, Northside Festival, and AIGA/NY.
Kemah George is a Community Engagement Manager at the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), where she works to use education and engagement as tools to strengthen immigrant communities. Prior to her advocacy role at NYIC, she served as YWCA Brooklyn’s Coordinator of Social Justice, where she created programs and administered social justice initiatives for women and girls. Additionally she helped develop the Central American Minors program and facilitated community orientation sessions at the International Rescue Committee. Kemah holds a law degree from Howard University School of Law, a Master’s of Public Policy from George Mason University, and a B.S.Ed in English Education from the University of Georgia.
Carlos Quintana is the Director of College Access at the Prisoner Reentry Institute (PRI) and has been at PRI since 2016. As the Director of College Access he manages the College Initiative (CI) program as well as PRI’s College Readiness program at Rikers. PRI’s community based direct service programs support individuals with criminal justice involvement navigate the college enrollment process and provides the ongoing support of the CI community necessary to be successful in higher education. Previously he had spent nine years doing human rights and social justice programming for after-school programs in New York City public schools. He is a graduate from Northeastern University where he studied to become an elementary school teacher, earning his BA in sociology and education. Carlos is passionate about social justice-related issues and believes quality education is a basic human right that all individuals should have access to.
