Aisha "Li" Cousins is a gender fluid, black, atheist of Antiguan and Afro-American descent. Cousins' writing credits include the play for Brer Rabbit the Opera: a Funky Meditation on Gentrification, written in collaboration with Greg Tate, and a blog called Dear MLK. S/he is currently reading Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston.

Photo credit: Tiffany Smith for 2017 Black Love Fest. https://www.blacklovefest.org/portraits