Maya Brooks

https://www.mayabrooksportfolio.com/
Maya Brooks, originally from Atlanta, is the Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh and Winston-Salem), a position that encourages her passion for examining culture through an artistic lens. Brooks’s professional mission is to provide engaging museum experiences for the public through exhibition curation, interpretation, and design. Overall, she strives to restore access, inclusion, and agency in the museum field for all communities, especially those that have been historically marginalized by cultural institutions.

Candy Carver

http://candycarver.com  
Candy Carver is a self taught painter, muralist and multimedia artist. She was born in Durham NC. She works in acrylics and creates abstract, colorful, figurative works. Her work primarily focuses on the human form and using color to improve the viewer’s emotional state. She has been creating artwork since her childhood and states that her personal development work directly impacts her creative practice. She is inspired by curiosity and personal joy. Candy views her artwork as an opportunity to share her personal sunshine with others. Check out some of her murals here. Instagram: @candycarver

Anthony Kelley

https://scholars.duke.edu/person/antk
Anthony Kelley, Professor of the Practice of Music, has taught at Duke University since 2000 and is the Composer in Residence at the North Carolina Symphony. One of his major works for symphony orchestra, Spirituals of Liberation, explores Juneteenth, and was commissioned and premiered in 2022 by the NC Symphony, His work sometimes explores music as linked with other media, arts, and sociological phenomena, including  his soundtracks for the films “Conjuring Bearden” [2006], “The Doll” [2007], and”Kudzu Vine” [2011]. He is a performer in and co-director of the improvisational Postmodern New-Blues musical collective called the BLAK Ensemble.

Nehemiah Mabry

https://www.nehemiahmabry.com
Dr. Nehemiah Mabry, P.E. (affectionately known as Dr. Nee) is an Engineer, Educator and Entrepreneur based in Raleigh, North Carolina. His technical experience includes 15+ years as a NASA Researcher, Bridge Design Engineer, and Adjunct Professor. Dr. Mabry is also the CEO and Founder of STEMedia Incorporated, which he started as a graduate student in 2012. STEMedia is an edtech and digital media company that provides creative content and career development for the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) community.

Daisy Magnus-Aryitey, Panel Moderator

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daisymagnus
Daisy Magnus-Aryitey is Code the Dream’s Co-Executive Director. She moved to the U.S. from Ghana at the age of 4, and lived in New Mexico, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York before settling in North Carolina in 2009. Daisy wrote her first line of code in a Code the Dream class, and within a year was working as a full-time software developer at Duke University. Daisy has played many roles at CTD, from a student in the initial CTD pilot to CTD Director to Board Vice-Chair. She has a Master’s in Education Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship from UNC-Chapel Hill.

Oluwayemisi (Yemi) Runsewe

https://www.linkedin.com/in/oluwayemisi-runsewe-b47125191
Oluwayemisi (Yemi) Runsewe is a Software Engineer/Site Reliability Engineer at Google’s Durham office, and she holds a leadership position as one of the Black Group Network Leads. A firm believer in the value of versatility, Yemi often cites the adage ” A Jack of all trades is a master of none, though oftentimes better than a master of one.” Yemi is a Computer Science graduate of Northwest Missouri State University, originally from Lagos, Nigeria.

Patrick Musau,
Google AI Session Lead

https://www.linkedin.com/in/musaup
Patrick Musau is a Senior Software Engineer at Google on the Machine Learning Performance Team that focuses on improving the performance and affordability of current and future AI applications. Before Google, Patrick earned his Ph.D. at the Institute of Software Integrated Systems at Vanderbilt University. His dissertation research focused on how to ensure that autonomous systems that leverage artificial intelligence operate safely and function as intended, specifically he applied these techniques to a 1/10 scale autonomous remote controlled car.