Amanda Masterpaul is a Theatre of the Oppressed practitioner, applied theatre artist, activist, educator based out of South Carolina. With 20+ years in academia, non-profit work, and community organizing, Amanda has been dedicated to co-creating visions and solutions embedded in community well-being, radical imagination, and equity. Her passion is to nurture processes where people cultivate their creative power by repurposing experiences of injustice and stewarding them towards collective action and liberation.  She’s received grants from Alternate Roots for community-based civic artistry projects with young people, presented on Theatre of the Oppressed at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education, receiving awards for inclusive pedagogy teaching excellence. Throughout her career, she has organized various community-centered initiatives in areas such as gender equity, anti-violence, LGBTQ+ia equality, housing insecurity, and systemic racism.

Autumn is an actor, writer, and first-time filmmaker with deep roots in Southwest Virginia and a passion for telling raw, human stories. As a performer, she’s known for her emotional honesty and grounded presence, and as a creator, she leans into the quiet power of truth.

Her debut documentary, ROVA—short for The Rest of Virginia—is a deeply personal journey through memory, family, grief, and faith. Set against the backdrop of Appalachia, ROVA weaves together stories from Autumn’s own relatives, exploring generational trauma, redemption, and what it takes to revisit the past with open eyes.More than just a portrait of a place ROVA is a reclamation: of roots, of relationships, of self. In making this film, Autumn isn’t just documenting the lives of her family—she’s searching for healing in the spaces between them.

ROVA is her love letter to the ones who raised her, the land that shaped her, and the parts of herself she’s still learning to forgive.

Derrion Henderson is an Emmy Award-winning communicator, storyteller, and entrepreneur with more than a decade of experience in the media industry. He’s anchored and reported in major markets, including St. Louis for FOX 2 News and most recently at WMBF News in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Throughout his career, Derrion has been recognized for journalistic excellence, earning two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for his impactful storytelling and commitment to community-focused coverage.

Derrion is also the founder of S.P.E.A.K. UP, LLC, a media consulting company dedicated to empowering professionals and organizations through media training, speech writing, public speaking coaching, and voice training. His passion lies in helping others find their voice, refine their message, and speak with confidence and clarity. He is currently the Host of The DerrionLH Show on Spotify, Apple Podcast and YouTube.

With 25+ years of experience, Larissa Hall Carlson - a renowned expert in Ayurveda, yoga, and mindfulness, specializing in optimal performance and holistic well-being. A certified Ayurveda Practitioner and Yoga Educator, Larissa has spent her career training elite-level musicians, athletes, and executives in mindful living.  A Lead Faculty member for a Yoga & Health Center in MA and Ayurveda for 20 years, Larissa served as Dean of Ayurveda and co-created the popular Yoga Journal courses Ayurveda 101 & 201.  

 Larissa’s rich teachings have been featured in Yoga Journal, The Washington Post, Men’s Journal, Shape, Elephant Journal, InStyle, Prevention and more.  Through her warm, engaging teaching style, Larissa makes ancient wisdom accessible, empowering students to integrate mindfulness, movement, and Ayurveda into their daily lives for greater ease, energy, and well-being.

Leah is a connector, community cultivator and creator of sacred spaces. Leah guides women into remembrance—reconnecting them with their essence, the healing power of sisterhood, and the joy of embodied living. As the founder of Her Sacred Circle, she curates circles, ceremonies, and retreats that foster deep connection and transformation. Leah also nurtures a global virtual sisterhood space - "Her Sacred Circle: Sister Collective", mentors women one-on-one in their personal journeys, and offers the Return to Circle certification to support women in facilitating sacred circles with love and presence. 

Nancy Weiss is a spirit baby psychic medium, Reiki master and spiritual coach.  She helps women connect with the souls of their babies before pregnancy and guides them to trusting their intuition and their spiritual connection on their motherhood journey.  

Her own experience of becoming a first-time mother at the age of 42 via embryo adoption and communicating with her daughter before pregnancy was the catalyst to share this sacred work with others.

Reggie is the founder/chief serving officer of Active Peace LLC – a fusion of yoga/mindfulness teaching and training; sound meditation; political strategy and organizing; and, inspirational/motivational speaking.  

 His yoga and meditation practice have served as a sanctuary of peace and perspective while navigating the stress of being a high achieving, intelligent, person of color in the world and serving in pressure filled jobs at the height of business and politics. He began his contemplative practices under extreme emotional professional distress.  And recently, his contemplative practices have been the foundation of his healing journey of stroke recovery.  He works with all walks of life in service to helping people navigate this thing called life with more truth, grace, peace and ease. 

For 10 years, 50 countries, and 100 flights, Ryan Dube has wandered the world writing letters home about all that he has learned. Ryan compiled and curated those letters and published them as a book called Paper Planes. His dream was to share these writings with travelers who would hear their own voices in his words, so Ryan packed his bags and embarked on a 365 day international "book tour." 

He has been traveling throughout Asia for nearly 11 months to date, audaciously attempting to creatively promote his book and to meet friends and future readers. This is the first time in Ryans life that when someone asks what he does he tells them the truth, -  I AM A WRITER!

Ryan is the Author of 2 books: The Bandana Boy and Paper Planes.

To purchase Ryans books - click the link below:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07XYFS629