Crystal Shelley
Chinese and Taiwanese cultures, being Asian American, woman/feminist, experience with hospice/end-of-life care, experience with those with Alzheimer's/dementia
Experience
Lived experience, social work career, and education
Reading Interests
Fiction
Juno Baker
Black (African American), LGBTQIA+ (Transfeminine, Nonbinary, Queer, Lesbian, Asexual Spectrum), Disability, Mental Illness (Social Anxiety), Black in Majority White Spaces
Experience
Lived Experience, Experience as a sensitivity reader, Literary & cultural analysis courses, Extensive extracurricular reading in women's and gender studies
Reading Interests
All genres welcome, especially fiction
Gulnaz Saiyed
Indian American, Muslim, Anxiety, foster/adoptive parent (*not* qualified to read for adoptees or those who are/have been in foster care), learning and cognition, special needs parenting
Experience
Lived experience; academic research on Islamic feminism and women's issues; ethnographer of racial, cultural, and power dynamics in learning environments; curriculum writer; editor/writer, MFA Candidate in Writing for Young People at Lesley University; MS in Journalism.
Reading Interests
Fiction, Non-Fiction, Children's Literature, Academic Writing