Genia is an Atlanta native who enjoys reading and spending time with family and friends. She came to Canopy Atlanta as a former Community Editorial Board Member and Fellow from the Bankhead edition. She is presently on the community engagement team. Prior to Canopy Atlanta, Genia worked as an operations manager for an insurance company.

As a lifelong student, resident, and entrepreneur in the area I’m excited to see how the history of Bankhead and the future of Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway unfolds. All Lives Matter.

Longtime resident and business owner on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway.

Mom, sister, friend and community advocate. Living life on my terms, loving my family, my friends, and my dogs. The order varies.

Photos: Bankhead to Buckhead, That time I ran into Officer Gray, What community policing looks like, Environmental Equity

Starting at a young age with visual storytelling, William Bridges want to continue learning and growing in photography and hopes to follow his passion of capturing life around the world.

Videos: Resource Compiler, Where is Bankhead?

Adrian participated in CA’s inaugural Fellow cohort in West End. As a Canopy West End Fellow, she received training and mentorship in research which post-fellowship she’s continued through her work with Atlanta Progressive News and Gwinnett NAACP. As a community media advocate and videographer, she’s produced hundreds of hours of community-focused content for non-profits and cablecast on Atlanta and Dekalb County public access TV stations.

Illustrations: The Bankhead Issue Map

Sean Fahie (pronounced FOY) is a contract graphic designer, illustrator, creative consultant, and author based out of Atlanta. He specializes in print-based media with extensive experience in design, illustration, branding, marketing, and apparel. Fahie also has published three books, written one short film, and coproduced one full-length feature.

Gavin Godfrey is a professional storyteller born, raised, and living in Atlanta. His work has appeared in CNN, NPR, Rolling Stone, Vice, Atlanta Magazine, and Creative Loafing. He currently lives in East Lake with his wife, two dogs, and a turtle named Lowery, aka Turtle Baskin.

Stories: Bankhead to Buckhead

Emanuella Grinberg is an Atlanta-based journalist. Her work has appeared on Court TV, CNN, Smithsonian.com and Atlas Obscura.

Photos: The Business of Bankhead | Videos: Bankhead to Buckhead

Gavin Guidry is a Creative Director based in Atlanta, GA. He spends most of his time leading creatives in advertising to build large-scale campaigns for clients, but he started as a Content Creator specializing in community storytelling which he uses to guide all of his work today.

Stories: Locked Out of Legacy

Nikishka is the founder of The Guild, a community wealth building organization in Atlanta developing community-owned models of real estate, entrepreneurship programs, and access to capital for Black and other communities of color. She is also a writer and podcast host with a focus on economic and community development.

Photos: Locked Out of Legacy

Aboubacar Kante, a native Atlantan who grew up in West End, spends his days working as a photographer. A visual storyteller, he hopes to photograph and document more of West End’s rich and diverse culture.

Stories: Behind the Music

Christina has been Canopy Atlanta’s contributing editor since 2022, overseeing publication of its Community Issues. She is an award-winning freelance journalist who has written for Atlanta magazine, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, GQ, The Guardian,,The Washington Post, and more. She is also a frequent contributor to NPR Music’s All Songs Considered podcast.

Art: The Bankhead Issue Cover

Barbara Rego is an Atlanta-based creative director and collage artist. She uses her graphic design and video background to relay meaningful narratives through layered storytelling. Barbara’s artwork explores playful colors, textures, nostalgia, and cultural moments.

Stories: The Business of Bankhead

A.R. Shaw is an Atlanta-based multimedia journalist/editor and author of the book, “Trap History: Atlanta Culture and the Global Impact of Trap music.”

Kamille is a Canopy Atlanta cofounder and currently serves as the Editorial and Training Director where she oversees the Fellowship and Residency programs. She is a collaborative journalist and editor with more than a decade of experience researching, reporting and managing editorial operations all along the media spectrum, including for Atlanta Magazine as managing editor, Atlanta Tribune and the Atlanta Daily World. She also teaches writing at Mercer University and journalism at the University of Georgia.

Stories: Whose trash is it anyway?

Ada is an Atlanta-based, award-winning journalist with published stories at Canopy Atlanta, CNN, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Magazine and Georgia Public Broadcasting. She began working with CA doing freelance community engagement by listening to local communities before joining full-time to help with various levels of production across stories, website, social media and the newsletters, Canopy Atlanta Voices and For the Record. She will be assisting in revisiting communities after an issue has been published to do continued reporting based on resident needs. She values journalism that prioritizes authenticity and intentionality.