We all love and live in many fandoms, but how do they manifest in our everyday lives? How do we bring the stories we love into personal, professional, creative, and activist spaces? Join members of the Black Girls Create team as we discuss how the fandom lives in you!

DONNALIE JAMNAH

DJ (she/they) is a Liberian-American educator, storyteller, and instructional designer who uses her background in ‘people work’ to create art that is compelling and often instructive. She is a mother, a mental health advocate, a Black queer artist, and a gigantic nerd.

PORSHÉA PATTERSON-HURST

Porshèa is a storyteller. Data analysis/research, fiction writing, and series co-hosting—Things We Imagine on YouTube as well as podcasts @CastleBlackPod & @SafeNegroPod—are her primary devices. Living in Brooklyn, though hailing from Middle Tennessee, her life is full of travel, reading, things that sparkle, and working with organizations she’s passionate about: book reviewing, partnership development, and highlighting creative works by BIPOC creators at Black Girls Create; co-hosting and media analysis at For All Nerds; and considering the scope of present and future work as a board member of the Harry Potter Alliance. Follow her journey on Twitter @porsheuh.

ROBYN-RENÉE JORDAN

Robyn (she/they) is a community builder, producer, host, and sometimes cultural critic. A true California girl, born and raised all over Southern California, her favorite things include playing vinyl records in dark rooms, browsing city library shelves, sporadic marathons of Star Trek, and preparing for the robot takeover. You can find her live-tweeting TV on Twitter @Robyn_Rambles.