Tanea Lunsford Lynx is a fourth generation Black San Franciscan on both sides. Tanea is a proud alum of Voices of Our Nation (VONA) and the Lambda Literary Retreat. In 2018 she co-curated ‘Still Here VI: Existence as Resistance’, a performance featuring queer Black San Franciscans as a part of the National Queer Arts Festival. Tanea has been awarded an individual artist grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission as well as residency at Mesa Refuge, the Vermont Studio Center, Ox-Bow, Squaw Valley, and Under the Volcano. Tanea earned a BA from Columbia University and a MA from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). She has more than 10 years of experience as a performing artist, curator, activist and educator in San Francisco. Tanea is currently at work on her first novel. You can find her work online at tanealunsfordlynx.com.