Devin Hill is a graduate from the University of Central Oklahoma with a B.F.A. in Dance Performance. Their love of dance began at the age of three and has lasted a span of twenty years. Devin set sights on dance as a career during their time at Collin College in Plano, Texas. While at Collin College, they were exposed to: Jazz, Ballet, Modern, Hip Hop, Tap, African, Improvisation, and Latin Ballroom. Devin has had the opportunity of working with multiple artists such: as Christopher K. Morgan, William “Bill” Evans, Clarence Brooks, Brandon Fink, Hannah Baumgarden, Jeremy Duvall, Gregg Russell, Lachlan McCarthy, Kristin McQuaid, and Cat Cogliandro. They were also a member of the 2015-2016 award winning Kaleidoscope Dance Company. Since graduating from UCO, They have continued to further their knowledge of dance by performing, choreographing, teaching, and participating in intensives and workshops across the United States. In 2018, Devin had the honor of performing with Liz Lerman’s Dance Exchange at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. They were also a cast member on the hit Facebook Watch series “Dance with Nia. Mx. Hill currently resides in the Washington D.C. metro area, where they perform, educate, and advocate as a freelance dancer. Devin also serves as a board member for Feel The Beat, an educational specialist for Bodywize Dance, and a dance development team memenber/instructor for Second Skin Society . Mx. Hill strives to use their artistry to create a more safe, equitable, and accessible dance industry for everyone.

Jessica Wallach is our accessibility manager for the Open Doors Festival and Story Tapestries and works closely with Open Circle Theatre. Her focus is on art, accessibility and disasters and how to make space a love letter to the body. Her current art project is called The Body is Good. She is the Accessibility Director for The Grieving Project and has consulted on other theatrical pieces both as a coordinator and a dramatargue. She  brings over three decades of experience in accessibility work, specializing in art, coordination, and compliance. Jessica’s professional journey includes a key role with the U.S. Department of Justice and has a masters in city and regional planning from Cornell University. 

Jen White-Johnson (she/they) is an Afro-Latina disabled and neurodivergent artist, designer, and educator whose visual work explores the intersection of content and caregiving, Black Disabled Joy, and emphasizing redesigning ableist visual culture. Jen’s heart-centered and electric approach to disability advocacy bolsters these movements with invaluable currencies: powerful dynamic art and media that all at once educate, bridge divergent worlds, and build a future that mirrors her Autistic son’s experience. Mothering as an Act of Resistance is central to Jen’s philosophy, as she channels this energy into her work. Jen has presented her disability justice activist work and collaborated with brands and art spaces across print and digital media, such as Coachella, Target, and Adobe. Her work has been featured in AfroPunk, Teen Vogue, The Washington Post, and Juxtapoz Magazine, among other publications. Jen’s work is also permanently archived at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the Smithsonian National African American Museum of History and Culture. Jen has an MFA in Graphic Design from the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she teaches decolonizing design. She lives in Baltimore, MD, with her husband and son, Knox.