Production company founded by health professionals, fueled by creatives and storytellers.
Aletha is a Brooklyn-rooted, proud daughter of Antigua. Trained in pediatrics and preventive medicine/public health, she is an executive physician, cultural strategist, and creative entrepreneur who operates from a core truth: every policy is health policy. Her expertise spans social entrepreneurship, narrative change, neighborhood health strategies, coalition building, and organizational change — always viewed through an art and culture lens that expansively reimagines how society understands health.
Cody is a film and media industry professional specializing in post- production for some of the top companies in the industry. He resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, serving as the Director of Post Production at Lucasfilm Ltd, where he has proudly contributed to large tentpole projects such as Rogue One, Solo, The Mandalorian, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and Andor. He has also played a key role in the delivery of non-fiction and documentary projects, such as Light & Magic.
Mia is a writer, poet, and national health and policy leader on topics involving women’s health, reproductive justice, and health equity.
Shalini is a narrative architect, creative operator and movement strategist who bridges art and execution. Her work is focused on aligning narrative structure and audience insight to position bold ideas for meaningful systems change. With more than a decade of grassroots organizing and movement-building experience, she has shaped national campaigns advancing affordable, accessible, high-quality healthcare through her work with Doctors for America and the Center for American Progress and allied organizations.
Abner has spent decades working to reduce barriers to care faced by underserved people nationally and internationally, from the local to the federal level. He is currently the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer for GroundGame.Health and sits as a Commissioner for the National Commission on Climate and Workforce Health. He also holds key governance and advisory roles across the health and policy landscape. He co-chairs the Commission’s Public Policy Work Group, serves on the board of Manifest MedEx, and is Vice Chair of the California Black Health Network.
Candice is strategic communicator, narrative shaper, and philanthropic-resource mobilizer, with over a decade of experience working at the intersection of media and communications, policy, philanthropy, and impact investing on a wide-range of social issues. She leverages organizational, individual, and community voices to transform the way people experience health, environment, economic, and other societal systems.
Crystal is a lifelong NYer that has been working in the health and human services field for over 16 years specializing in accessible service design, operations administration and human rights advocacy for marginalized youth and adults. She specializes in creating the foundational infrastructure for projects and programs that promote social justice and recognize art as a catalytic medium for systems change, unity, and profound personal healing.
Steffie builds infrastructure for more just and imaginative futures. She is a content systems architect and designs initiatives at the intersection of health and the arts. She has held roles in narrative strategy, public engagement, capacity building, and creative direction with government agencies, media companies, and non-profits. Notably, she served as the inaugural narrative strategist at the NYC Health Department and has spearheaded organizations, campaigns, platforms, art residencies, and activations, including NEA Our Town-selected community narrative projects.
Brian Vandenberg was a business leader, lawyer, advocate, storyteller, and philanthropist working at the intersection of law, technology and health equity. He was instrumental in the founding of Truthlight Studio serving as legal counsel, fundraiser, and a beloved father and friend. We miss him.