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Nafisa Isa is a mother, educator, and creative based in Northern Virginia. As an Educational Developer at Georgetown University’s Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship, she works at the intersection of liberatory teaching, innovation, and community building. Her expertise includes engaged arts and humanities, experiential learning, and praxis for sustainable, just futures.

She first encountered In Your Shoes (IYS) as a graduate student and was drawn to its potential for empathy-building and embodied learning—aligning with her lifelong calling to bring people together through creativity and shared learning. She envisions its methods enriching classrooms, arts spaces, and community initiatives around the world.

Previously, Nafisa worked at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, curating programs and exhibitions that reimagined museums as collaborative and socially responsible spaces. Her writing can be found in “Change is Required: Preparing for the Post-Pandemic Museum,” published by Rowman & Littlefield and “APA101: Asian Pacific American History, Art, and Culture at the Smithsonian in 101 Objects,” which recently won the Secretary of the Smithsonian’s Research Prize. Outside of work, she can be found spending time with family, gardening, and DJing as one-half of Shuno Re (@shuno.re), playing all-vinyl sets and showcasing archival sounds from South Asia and beyond.

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Jane Fitzpatrick is a Program Associate supporting Student Programs for the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University. Jane specializes in researching the interconnections among religious traditions, international affairs, and the arts, and she has become passionate about inclusivity in respectful, open dialogue. Through the In Your Shoes project, Jane hopes to continue building empathy and understanding among students and peers through its uniquely artistic and exploratory expressions. She enjoys the personal bonding that the program creates among its participants and is excited to share that experience with future cohorts. Jane received her master’s degree in international affairs from the Pennsylvania State University and her bachelor’s degree in religious studies from Gettysburg College. Her work has been published by The Interfaith Observer, the London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog, Practical Theology Hub, Religion Matters, and more. In her free time, Jane sings opera, visits museums, and learns about wine. Read More Jane Fitzpatrick

Caitlin Frazier (she/her) is an actor, writer, and educator currently based in Chicago. Her plays have been showcased at the Capital Fringe Festival, Abingdon Theatre Company’s Raise the Page, Uplift the Word: A BIPOC Festival of Short Plays, and The Makers’ Ensemble’s Short Play Fest 2025. Her acting credits include School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play at NextStop Theatre Company and Re: Writing at the Capital Fringe Festival. A recent graduate from Georgetown University, she studied English and Theater and Performance Studies. Post-graduation, she has found herself at home in K-12 education, substitute teaching for DC Public Schools, and teaching drama at the Sitar Arts Center and Round House Theatre.
The In Your Shoes process, to me, is about connection for the sake of connecting. Yes, there are various ways to apply this connection, but at the end of the day, it is about giving time and space to other people and to ourselves because everyone deserves a little extra time and space given to them. I have brought some aspects of In Your Shoes to my theater classroom this summer. The students there were ages 5-9, and I am interested in further developing In Your Shoes to serve younger age groups.

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FELICIA CURRY is the Emmy-nominated host of WETA Arts on WETA/PBS. Curry was in the Tony-nominated Broadway revival and national tour of ‘Into the Woods’. Off- Broadway, she reopened the iconic Billie Holiday Theater as Undine in Lynn Nottage’s ‘Fabulation’ and received an AUDELCO nomination for the solo show ‘Queen’s Girl in the World’ at Abingdon Theatre Company.FULL BIO

Gillian Huebner is the executive director of the Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues at Georgetown University. Her work focuses on supporting the development, strengthening, and coordination of programs and systems to enhance community-based and nationally-owned approaches to fostering young people’s resilience,FULL BIO

Todd London has been a leading figure in the U.S. nonprofit theater for more than 35 years and was the first recipient of Theater Communications Group’s Visionary Leadership Award for “an individual who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to advance the theater field as a whole…”FULL BIO