OUR TEAM

DIRECTOR

Noa Fleischacker was raised in Evanston, Illinois and earned a B.A. in Anthropology, Education Studies, and Dance from Oberlin College. After graduating in 2015, she worked for three years in Chicago as a political organizer for J Street U. She recruited and developed student leaders across the Midwest and directed regional strategy and campaigns. Noa is currently on the Dorot Fellowship where she's conducting research on healthcare gaslighting and women's public health issues and participating in a joint secular-religious group for women with chronic vulvar pain.

Today she spends her free time on the phone with women around the world talking about vaginas. Noa is thrilled to bring her personal and political organizing experiences to the show.

DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

Brandi Collins-Calhoun is a writer, educator, and reproductive justice organizer. Brandi attended the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University where she studied African American History and found her passion for grassroots organizing. Today she is the Senior Movement Engagement Associate for issues such as reproductive access and gendered violence with the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy in Washington DC after serving as the Director of Reproductive and Maternal Health at the YWCA Greensboro for several years.

Brandi has ties to grassroots organizations like Southerners on New Ground, SisterSong, and serves on the board of directors for the Carolina Abortion Fund. Her free time is spent freelance writing for publications such as The Root and Rewire News critiquing pop culture through a reproductive justice lens. Brandi is a member of the Echoing Ida writing cohort and a Rockwood Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice fellow.

ORGANIZER

Hannah Srajer is a PhD student in the history department at Yale University, where she studies incarceration, healthcare, and social movements. She received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University, where she majored in history and poetry.

Hannah loves to go on passionate rants about the pelvic floor, the evils of the healthcare insurance system, and standing desks. Hannah is thrilled to be on the Tight Lipped team!

ORGANIZER

Sarah Minion grew up in southern Jersey and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. She works on a project focused on the shifting geography of mass incarceration, working with community organizers, local and state policymakers, and journalists across the country to elevate the fact that that we can’t end our nation’s incarceration crisis until we do so in communities of all sizes. Sarah graduated from Oberlin College where she studied Comparative American Studies, Politics, and Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, and is excited to bring her near-decade of community organizing experience to the Tight Lipped team.

Sarah is deeply invested in improving her bowling high score of 139, honing her pizza-making craft, and making vulvovaginal/pelvic pain a kitchen-table conversation.

FELLOW

Valeria Donoso was born and raised in Miami, Florida. She is a Posse and Bonner Scholar going into her Junior Year as a Biology Major on the Pre-Medical Track at Davidson College in North Carolina. At Davidson College, Valeria is the Vice-President of the Rape Awareness Committee, a Mathematics Tutor, and a member of Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad, Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc.

As a Bonner Scholar, Valeria has dedicated over 500 hours volunteering as a Spanish Interpreter at a Free Clinic and a Psychology research assistant for Latinx Education. In her free time she loves to doodle and journal!

PODCAST PRODUCER

Hannah Barg is a St. Louis, Missouri native with a passion for education, radio and storytelling. Hannah graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 2014 with a B.A. in Anthropology. After college, she moved to Chicago to work for a college access program. In 2017, she interned at StoryCorps, and in September of that year she moved to Jerusalem for the year to join the Israel Story Podcast team as a Production Intern and later as the Tour Manager.

Hannah's currently based in Chicago where she works at a nonprofit and as a freelance audio producer! When she's not working, she's busy making too many plans with friends, buying plants, playing softball (poorly), and spending as much time as possible outside!

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

Kalaisha is an early-career Producer and Reporter whose passion is telling narrative-based stories about community struggles, activism and triumphs. She has produced a few investigative pieces with NPR/KCRW podcast Bodies. She is currently an Associate Producer for Bodies season 3 and Story Producer for Silver Media.

Kalaisha is familiar with both the creative and technical components of audio production. She is especially skilled at booking and pre-interviewing guests, scripting episodes, and recording and editing audio.

In her free time, she loves dancing, binge-watching reruns of her favorite shows and taking a break after running after her toddler all day.

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DESIGNER

Ashlee is a Washington, DC native, dog mom, and college student studying psychology at Oregon State University. She is a Creative & Communications Strategist with extensive experience in content creation, graphic design, and fundraising stewardship in the nonprofit sector.

Her passions include, data driven design, supporting mental health awareness and advocacy, entrepreneurship, playing guitar, and vegan chocolate chip cookies.

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