Johanna Taylor believes that art is a catalyzing force in advancing justice. She received a PhD in Public and Urban Policy at The New School in New York in 2016 and MA in Arts Management at Carnegie Mellon in 2007. As an arts practitioner she has worked at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, BRIC Arts|Media, and A Blade of Grass among other organizations. She currently is Visiting Artist Fellow at Stanford Arts Institute, Stanford University where she is studying New Orleans, a hub for cooperative art projects that combat exclusionary divides towards equitable opportunities in the creative city.