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Kerri Monnerat has been a professional educator for over 30 years. She is an award-winning teacher, performer, and director. In her career, she has directed and choreographed over 150 musicals, created curriculums, and served as a board member for theaters in both Los Angeles and Denver. Most recently, she was Executive Director of the Colorado Children’s Theatre (CCT), a musical theater and performance school with four schools and hundreds of students in the Denver and Foothill areas of Colorado.

Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Olivia Chalkley graduated from Guilford College in 2017 with a BA in English Literature. She’s been cultivating creative experiences for youth since 2012 when she first began working at Opequon Quaker Arts Camp as a counselor. She’s since spent 8 summers at Opequon, leading arts workshops, creative play activities, backpacking trips, and staff training, most recently serving as Assistant Director. She currently serves as the Young Friends Program Facilitator for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, where she coordinates programs for Quaker high schoolers. Olivia believes in fostering the creative lives of children and young adults through trust-based learning, play, and community-building.

Saige Hopkins is an illustrator & designer. She got her BFA from Cooper Union in New York, where she received the Pietro & Alfrieda Montana Prize, (for excellence in drawing), Elizabeth Kray Memorial Prize, (in recognition of proven ability in poetry), & the Ox-Bow School of Art Fellowship. She has worked with various groups in her home of Asheville, North Carolina including CoThinkk, Indigo Design, Hornsby Creative, the indie rock band Wednesday, and GreenWorks. In her free time, she makes home decor.