Joy Ngenda is a queer, mixed West African transplant who has been living on unceded Lekwungen lands for the last 4 years. Their background is in community care, event planning, organizing, and coffee—with past pursuits including a summer spent at Open Space in 2019 coordinating the MAKE/SPACE mural project. They are a multi-disciplinary artist and sometimes student, with a passion for ethical organizing and community justice.