Ashna Ali, PhD

Administrative Director

Ashna Ali comes to improvscience as an artist educator invested in community building and social justice through arts and education. They have ten years of experience managing the communications and operations of small organizations and businesses. They are a working poet with a Ph.D in Comparative Literature, and are currently earning their MFA in poetry and committed to building communities invested in freedom thinking. They are proud to provide administrative support to the development of improvscience’s unique approach to making work in the arts, and sciences liberatory and enjoyable.

  • Dr. Raquell Holmes

    FOUNDER & DIRECTOR

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  • Mia Anderson

    PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR

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  • Marian Rich

    PERFORMANCE CONSULTANT

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  • Nicholas Gross

    COMMUNITY & STEAM LIAISON

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  • Carrie Sackett

    UIC CO-LEAD, FACILITATOR

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  • Makalia Benson

    UIC CO-LEAD

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  • Andy Anderson Jr.

    UIC CO-LEAD

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  • Jacqueline Hayward

    WRITER & EDITOR

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  • Martha McCoy

    DIRECTOR, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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