Ashley is a first year Planetary Science PhD student at Howard University in the Graduate Program in Atmospheric Sciences. At Howard University, she studies the atmospheric processes and evolution of the Ice Giants, Neptune and Uranus. Previously, she was a post-bac intern at NASA GSFC studying the atmospheric chemistry of Saturn's moon, Titan, and received her BS in Chemistry from Chicago State University.

I was born and raised in Hot Springs, Arkansas. I am a rising 4th year astronomy PhD candidate at The Ohio State University working with Professor Ji Wang on detectability of biosignatures on gas dwarfs with JWST and Twinkle. Alongside this, I also work with Dr. Jackie Faherty on retrievals of planetary-mass brown dwarfs to understand their formation pathways. I am a former fellow in the LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program. I received my M.A. in Astronomy from the UT Austin in 2019 and my B.S. in Physics with a minor in mathematics from The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) in 2015.

I'm KeShawn, an astrophysics PhD student at Vanderbilt University where I study dark matter haloes and the galaxies that live inside them. I earned an MA in Physics from Fisk University via the Fisk-Vanderbilt Bridge Program in 2021, and before that I earned a BA in Astronomy and French Studies from Rice University in 2018. I like singing, and I think about suddenly moving to Martinique to teach English at least once a week.

Cheyenne is a small island girl with big dreams. She left St Lucia in 2015 to pursue an Integrated Masters degree in Astrophysics in the UK. Since then, she has served as St Lucia’s first National Point of contact in the Space Generation Advisory Council and co-founded St Lucia’s first national Astronomy association (LUNAA). Outside of her day job in Finance Technology, Cheyenne is still very active in the space community as an international speaker, science communicator and lead organizer of Black in Astro. This dedication stems from a wider career goal of increasing gender and ethnic diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields, especially Physics.

Rob Washington is a recent graduate from Purdue as a Planetary Science major. Currently I work as a research assistant at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center studying exoplanet atmospheres. I’ll be attending Howard University to pursue my PhD. in planetary sciences. My goal is to create a larger platform for Blacks and minorities in STEM to help boost not only their network but confidence.

Naia Butler-Craig is an Aerospace Engineering PhD Student, NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Fellow and GEM Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology. I am a member of the High-Power Electric Propulsion Lab. I obtained my B.S in Aerospace Engineering with special concentration in Astronautics and a minor in Computational Mathematics Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. I am also a NASA Pathways intern in the Science and Space Technology Systems branch at Glenn Research Center. My goal is to become a mission specialist astronaut and participate and contribute to deep space exploration.

AJ Link (he/him) is openly autistic. He received his JD from The George Washington University Law School and his LL.M in Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law. He is the inaugural director of The Center for Air and Space Law Task Force on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Aerospace and an adjunct professor of space law at Howard University School of Law. AJ is the Communications Director for Mission: AstroAccess and works as a research director for the Jus Ad Astra project. He serves as the Space Law and Policy Chair for Black in Astro and was the founding president of the National Disabled Law Students Association. AJ is a policy analyst for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. He has been actively involved with disability advocacy in the Washington, DC area and nationally within the United States. He serves on several advisory boards and steering committees that focus on disability advocacy and broader social justice movements.

Dr. Ronald Gamble, Jr is an Afro-Latino Theoretical Astrophysicist, Artist, and Educator. He is a Cosmic Origins Research Scientist and CRESST-II Visiting Assistant Research Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in the Astrophysics Science Division. His work is focused on the theoretical studies of Supermassive Black Holes and relativistic jets emitted by high-energy Quasars and other Active Galactic Nuclei. He is also one of the division’s DEIA leads to improve the climate and culture of underrepresented minorities in astrophysics. Dr. Gamble has 7 years experience teaching and developing new courses in physics, mathematics, bioengineering, and astronomy. He is a 3-time alumnus of the HBCU North Carolina A&T State University earning his B.S in Physics, M.S in experimental High-Temperature Superconductivity, and a Ph.D in Theoretical Astrophysics. Completing the first Physics/Astronomy-related doctoral thesis, where he studied nonlinear gravitational wave theory in black hole binaries.