we are creators and dreamers.

ARIEL WARD | FOUNDER, CO-CURATOR

Transportation planner + engineer by day, and all things creative by night, Ariel is driven by the idea that connection can change lives. Inspired by Mahogany L. Browne’s poem “Black Girl Magic” Ariel decided to host her first Black Girl Magic brunch to honor the black women in her life. Her passion for creating space for black women and girls to celebrate and hold one another in uninhibited joy – and the communal desire for such spaces, has grown ever since.

CHRISTINE BOARD | CO-CURATOR

A South Los Angeles native, Christine was planted in the Bay Area and currently works in healthcare. A pursuant in integrative health and holistic healing, she believes that the ability to share our stories, have our voices heard, be seen and valued, is an integral part of our health and healing. In love with the art of dance, she finds it another way of coming to love oneself, one’s body and reclaim space through movement and emotional expression. At the crossroads of health and sisterhood she fell in love with exhale.