Ronke Oluwadare is a work psychologist and psychotherapist with a systemic socio-constructivist orientation and a Level II EMDR therapist. In clinical settings, she supports foreign-born citizens, addressing the social and psychological complexities surrounding issues like representation, transgenerational trauma, and the intricacies of having diverse origins. Organizationally, she supervises a social cooperative in the migration sector and offers training in both Italian and English on topics such as Public Speaking, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication, Work-Life Balance, Resilience and Change Management, Conflict Resolution, Feedback Management, and Negotiation.

Jermay Michael Gabriel is an Italian-Ethiopian-Eritrean transdisciplinary artist born in Addis Ababa. He lives and works in Milan, where he attended the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. Jermay Michael Gabriel's work is rooted in an experimental, often extreme, effort to resist the permanence and elusiveness of the Italian colonial archive by subverting its symbols of power.

In his photographic work, Délio Jasse often interweaves found images with clues from past lives (found passport photos, family albums) to draw links between photography - in particular the concept of the 'latent image' - and memory. Jasse is known for experimenting with analogue photographic printing processes, including cyanotype, platinum and early printing processes such as 'Van Dyke Brown', as well as developing his own printing techniques. He uses analogue processes to subvert the reproducibility of the photographic medium, creating subtle variants and interventions using painting, liquid-light, gold-leafing and collage.

Elaine Adorno is a Brazilian actress and visual storyteller. She began acting at the age of eight with the group Cia. Novos Novos in Salvador de Bahia. However, driven by the limited representation in media as she grew up, she decided to change paths and moved to Italy to pursue a master's degree in Economics and Cultural and Entertainment Management. After graduating, she reignited her acting career, attending a preparatory course at the Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi and finding her "home" at the Wariboko agency in 2021. She has acted in several short films, the web series Fangs 2, and advertisements for Sky, Netflix, and others. Recently, she has also delved into visual storytelling through self-portraits and videos, aiming to document her existence and promote media representation that values multiculturalism.

Maxwell Shololo is a Cybersecurity Consultant specialized in Threat Intelligence, concentrating on identifying potential threats to an organization's infrastructure through various tools and advanced approaches. He is also a freelance music producer and keyboardist with a primary interest in R&B, Pop, and Afrobeats genres, further extending his talents into music production.

Jim C. Nedd (1991) is an artist primarily working with photography and music. His work has been showcased at MACRO, Rome; MAMBO, Bogotá; Autoitalia, London; Damien & The Love Guru, CFA, Milan; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; the Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool; and Sandy Brown, Berlin. His work has also been featured in publications such as Aperture, Flash Art, Vogue IT, Kaleidoscope, and Rivista Studio. Nedd has collaborated with fashion brands like Armani, Bottega Veneta, Gucci, and Prada. Since 2019, he has been contributing to UNICEF, creating reportages in Sicily, Beirut, and the Syrian border. His work focuses on the intersection of fiction and reality in photographic images, often depicting collective celebrations in the Caribbean under low light conditions, where landscapes and figures from his memories intertwine with recurring themes like identity and pop culture. Growing up with Vallenato music, a genre that tells stories through poetry and evokes a spectrum of emotions, oral archives hold special significance for him, enabling him to craft images from stories he has heard or experienced through collective memory.

Loredane Tshilombo, born in '93, hails from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and has been nurtured both inside and outside of Milan. As a confident Black and queer woman, she believes in the unmatched strength of one's presence to claim space in a country still turning a blind eye to minorities. She champions this cause daily on social media and through her participation in artistic and commercial projects aligned with her vision. For her, being seen and heard in one's everyday life is the ultimate form of resistance.

David Blank, from the Marche region and influenced by his Nigerian preacher father, grew up singing in church. Moving to London for studies, he joined an artistic community that helped him discover his identity. In Milan, he made waves with his debut EP, earning collaborations with Laura Pausini and joining her on tour. His singles "Standing in Line" and "Foreplay" introduced "Exhale," a project with FLUIDOSTUDIO that marks his artistic and personal growth. Involved in social causes, he has worked with major brands and contributed to the Disney film "Soul." His music, blending RnB, soul, and afrobeat, tackles universal themes. "Zaddy Issues" represents a stylistic evolution with a bilingual and ironic tone. He recently won "Mission Diversity" with "PRAY" and participated in LU OpeRave, a fusion of Opera and electronic music.

Asha Salim, a writer, creative, and creative consultant, was raised between Naples and Dar Es Salaam. Passionate about art, literature, and fashion, she works in the fashion industry and bases her work on celebrating Black aesthetics within social contexts, its influence on pop culture, and interpersonal wellbeing, themes she explores in her Substack newsletter, Unraveling.

Hilal Alexander Beraki, born in Catania on September 19, 1980, was politically engaged from his teenage years. After studying communication sciences at the University of Catania, he began working with SLC CGIL in the telecommunications sector, focusing on call center workers and social safety nets. He also briefly collaborated with a migrant help desk, setting the stage for the next decade of his career. In May 2016, he became a cultural mediator, working with Emergency and later the UN agency IOM. After moving to Milan in 2018, he switched roles to coordinate a hospitality project for the Waldensian Diaconia, a position he held for two years. He then worked with two cooperatives dealing with unaccompanied foreign minors. In 2023, he returned to his greatest passion, acting, while simultaneously engaging in DEI consulting for public and private entities on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Mistura Allison is a researcher, curator, and art historian, and the founder of ashikọ, a visual research platform inspired by Africa and its Diaspora. Her practice is driven by an interest in exploring the plurality of contemporary visual, performative, and oral productions that transcend non-Western canons. She currently serves as Curator and Project Coordinator at Villa Romana in Florence, engaging in transnational artistic practices with a focus on contemporary art and advancing methodologies for decentralized exhibition creation.

Mistura Allison is a researcher, curator, and art historian, and the founder of ashikọ, a visual research platform inspired by Africa and its Diaspora. Her practice is driven by an interest in exploring the plurality of contemporary visual, performative, and oral productions that transcend non-Western canons. She currently serves as Curator and Project Coordinator at Villa Romana in Florence, engaging in transnational artistic practices with a focus on contemporary art and advancing methodologies for decentralized exhibition creation.

Mistura Allison is a researcher, curator, and art historian, and the founder of ashikọ, a visual research platform inspired by Africa and its Diaspora. Her practice is driven by an interest in exploring the plurality of contemporary visual, performative, and oral productions that transcend non-Western canons. She currently serves as Curator and Project Coordinator at Villa Romana in Florence, engaging in transnational artistic practices with a focus on contemporary art and advancing methodologies for decentralized exhibition creation.

Mistura Allison is a researcher, curator, and art historian, and the founder of ashikọ, a visual research platform inspired by Africa and its Diaspora. Her practice is driven by an interest in exploring the plurality of contemporary visual, performative, and oral productions that transcend non-Western canons. She currently serves as Curator and Project Coordinator at Villa Romana in Florence, engaging in transnational artistic practices with a focus on contemporary art and advancing methodologies for decentralized exhibition creation.

Mistura Allison is a researcher, curator, and art historian, and the founder of ashikọ, a visual research platform inspired by Africa and its Diaspora. Her practice is driven by an interest in exploring the plurality of contemporary visual, performative, and oral productions that transcend non-Western canons. She currently serves as Curator and Project Coordinator at Villa Romana in Florence, engaging in transnational artistic practices with a focus on contemporary art and advancing methodologies for decentralized exhibition creation.

Mistura Allison is a researcher, curator, and art historian, and the founder of ashikọ, a visual research platform inspired by Africa and its Diaspora. Her practice is driven by an interest in exploring the plurality of contemporary visual, performative, and oral productions that transcend non-Western canons. She currently serves as Curator and Project Coordinator at Villa Romana in Florence, engaging in transnational artistic practices with a focus on contemporary art and advancing methodologies for decentralized exhibition creation.