OUR PARTNERS
Arte Justice
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta
Asian American Organizing Project
Atlanta's Radical Art Community
Bismarck Global Neighbors
Black Youth Project
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
Break the Cycle
Caring Across Generations
Center for Court Innovation
Center for Justice at Columbia University
Chica Project
The Cigarette Surfboard
City School
College of Staten Island
Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen
Expressions of Frida
Friends We Love
futurePerfect Labs
Gender Benders
George M. Johnson
Girls Rock! DC
Greyston
Hetrick-Martin Institute - New Jersey
International Trans Fund
Kalanidhi Dance
Mayor's Office to Prevent Gun Violence
Maui Arts and Cultural Center
The Melanin Collective
Mirror Memoirs
The My Colorful Nana Project
Muslim Youth Leadership Council
Advocates for Youth
National Organization of Asians and Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual Violence (NAPIESV)
National Youth Poet Laureate Program
NDN Collective
New Voices Pittsburgh
Nidos de Esperanza
Project Ascend
Rockaway Youth Task Force
Sadie Nash Leadership Project
SafeBAE
Sundance Collab
Transgender Assistance Program of Virgina
TransLash
Urban Word NYC
Wear Your Voice
Women's Wire
yes! Magazine
Youth Empowerment Performance Project
Chitra Aiyar, Executive Director, Sadie Nash Leadership Project
Susu Attar, Artist and USC Innovation Lab Fellow
Heidi J. Boisvert, CEO and Creative Director, futurePerfect lab
Vee Bravo, Fork Films
Sevonna Brown, Assistant Executive Director, Black Women’s Blueprint
Sophia Chang, Writer and Former Hip-Hop Business Manager
Aimee Cox, Associate Professor, Yale University
Dr. Camea Davis, National Director, Youth Poet Laureate Program, Urban Word
Monica Dennis, Co-Director, Move to End Violence
dream hampton, Filmmaker and Writer
YK Hong, Anti-Oppression Trainer
Imara Jones, News Analyst and Host, The Last Sip
Octavia Y. Lewis, Community Ambassador, Amida Care
Kierna Mayo, Writer and Editor; Former Editor-in-Chief of Ebony Magazine
Justino Mora, Founder, UndocuMedia; Senior Fellow, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab
Doris Quintanilla, Co-Founder and Executive Director, The Melanin Collective
Lillian Rivera, Executive Director, Hetrick-Martin Institute: New Jersey
Dinean Robinson, Vice President of Communications, Multiplying Good
Zainab Salbi, Author and Media Commentator; Founder, Women for Women International
Rashid Shabazz, Chief Marketing and Storytelling Officer, Color of Change
Mona Sinha, Board Member, Breakthrough
Joanne N. Smith, Founder and Executive Director, Girls for Gender Equity
Ishita Srivastava, Director of Culture Change, Caring Across Generations
Taté Walker, Mniconjou Lakota and Citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe; Communications Director of Tribal School District
Frequently Asked Questions
CREATIVE TEAM

Moni Vargas
Creative Director, she/her/hers
Moni is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker known for her work on Red Table Talk. Her original series, Friends We Love, has screened at The Brooklyn and Bronx Museums. She advocates for broad media representation and enjoys empowering others to share their stories. In addition to directing Breakthrough's creative products, she runs Nuyorktricity Productions in Los Angeles.

Priya Kvam
Partnerships Director, she/her/hers
Priya is a feminist storyteller and partnership builder with a passion for strengthening the diversity and inclusivity of activist spaces. She leads Breakthrough's creative partnerships across the U.S. and globally, and advises on impact strategy. Priya is trained in feminist approaches to program evaluation and learning. She is Co-Editor of Women's Wire, an online activist community.

Darnell L. Moore
Creative Advisor, he/him/his
Darnell is the Director of Inclusion Strategy for Content & Marketing at Netflix, and an award-winning activist and a leader in the Movement for Black Lives. He has spent the last two decades working in the fields of education, youth programming, community development and media. He hosted Mic's digital series, The Movement, and directed and produced a four-part documentary series on the history of Black LGBT life in Atlanta for CASSIUS. Darnell is co-managing editor of The Feminist Wire and the author of No Ashes in the Fire.

Alex Yakacki
Video Producer/Editor he/him/they/them/she/her
Throughout their career, Alex has developed, produced, shot, and edited a range of high-performing digital content and powerful documentary shorts. Their work has highlighted the intersection of style and identity, told the stories of exceptional women, and illuminated ever-important African American history at brands like Vox, MAKERS, and McGee Media.

Amani Jiu
Associate Producer, she/her/hers
With a background in Documentary Filmmaking and a passion for social justice, Amani is an accomplished storyteller with experience directing, shooting, and editing her own content. As an Associate Producer for Breakthrough, Amani works closely with the entire production team on all major projects from pre to post production.