Volunteers
Abena Disroe
Artist
Justin Benedict
Volunteer cartoonist and editor
Myiah Smith
Myiah Smith is a native Washingtonian and a sophomore at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service studying Culture and Politics. She…
T.B. Khadra
T.B. Khadra is a volunteer with Street Sense Media.
Hope Ann Roberts
Hope Ann Roberts loves bringing people together through events and self-expression, which is why she is incredibly honored to be…
Alum
Kara Brandeisky
Volunteer- Fall 2012
Kathryn Schauska
Cuneyt Dil
Cuneyt Dil is a freelance reporter for The DC Line and Washington City Paper and the author of the comprehensive D.C. politics newsletter District Links.
Kristian Berhost
Robert Nordahl
Tyler Champine
Tyler is an independent researcher and communication scholar. He volunteers with the Street Sense Forum Planning Comittee, Writer’s Group, and as a…
Lynn Mandujano
Lynn is a volunteer writer for Street Sense Media.
Josh Kramer
Josh Kramer is a cartoonist, journalist, and all-around nonfiction comics evangelist in Northeast Washington, D.C. His comics and writing on…
Jenny-lin Smith
Jenny-lin Smith is a volunteer writer and copyeditor in the D.C. area.
Kevin Jaatinen
Kevin has volunteered within the homeless community since 2019 and has learned first-hand how housing instability exacerbates health outcomes. His…
Amanda Waldroupe
Amanda Waldroupe is a reporter for Street Roots, the street newspaper in Portland, Oregon.
Ann Herzog
Volunteer
Michael Burkley
Michael Burkley is a vendor at the Denver Voice, the street newspaper in Denver, Colorado.
Matthew Delaney
Volunteer Reporter
Ian Erasmus
Editorial volunteer
Alexandra Kelley
Monsoor Ali
Monsoor Ali, a born and raised Washingtonian, is a multimedia artists specializing in music and film production, literature and graphic…
Sloane Airey
Sloane Airey is an award-winning, multi-media journalist passionate about serving communities with enterprise stories big and small.
Rolando Aparicio Velasco
Rolando Aparicio Velasco volunteered as a photojournalist and photographer with Street Sense Media during the summer of 2019. He is a freelance journalist based in Bolivia and previously worked for the Argentinian street paper Hecho en Buenos Aires.
Jane Goforth
CJ Ciaramella
CJ Ciaramella is a freelance reporter in Washington, D.C. He has written for Vice, Vanity Fair, The Weekly Standard and…
Martha Johnson
Martha moved to DC from Michigan in summer 2013 to be a research assistant for the Urban Institute, dedicated to…
Jacob Kuba
Jacob is a personal trainer from the DMV area. He believes that housing security is not only essential but also…
Joseph Young
Joseph Young is a photographer living in Washington, DC. His photography has appeared in the Washington Post Magazine, Washington Times, Washington Afro Newspaper and Washington Informer.
Sawyer Steinmiller
Sawyer Steinmiller high school student at the Field School where he serves as Sports Editor and Reporter for the Field…
Roberta Haber
Roberta Haber is a volunteer for Street Sense.
Matthew Berrick
I am a graduate of Mill Hill School in the United Kingdom and currently attend the University of Leeds. I…
Hannah Schoenbaum
I’m a congressional reporter and graduate student at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
Carla Baumgardner
Ms. Carla M. Baumgardner is a volunteer contributor to Street Sense.
Caleb Diamond
Amelia Ferrell Knisely
Amelia is the editor of The Contributor, Nashville’s street paper.
Joris de Mooij
LaShaune Littlejohn
Originally from the Washington Metropolitan Area, LaShaune has been passionate about helping people struggling with homelessness for many years. She…
Reggie Harrington
Jessica Peterson
George Siletti
George Siletti was a volunteer contributor to Street Sense. George passed away Feb. 28. 2017 you can read more about…
Garrett Heath Koller
Garrett is a Software Engineer in Washington, DC. Originally from Oklahoma, Garrett attended school at Washington and Lee University in…
Tess Emiroglu
Tess moved to DC from South Carolina and is a graduate of Coastal Carolina University. Before moving to DC, she…
Leonie Barber-Peterkin
Leonie is Jamaican but a Naturalized American Citizen who worked with the Jamaican government’s Social Development Commission for 13 years. Additionally,…
Orion Donovan-Smith
Orion Donovan-Smith is a volunteer with Street Sense Media.
Bill Butz
Hi! I’m a bald but spry 73 year-old with 4 kids, 3 kids-in-law, 6 grandkids, a bicycle and a garden….
IjahQueen Is Peniel
IjahQueen Is Peniel was featured in a Street Sense article about her housing situation.
Jamie Rogers
Jamie Rogers is a volunteer with Street Sense Media.
Abigail Boerstling
Volunteer Contributor
Rodney Choice
Rodney Choice is a professional photographer and owner of Choice Photography. He is a photojournalism volunteer with Street Sense Media.
Laura Lindskov Jensen
Editorial Volunteer — Summer 2012
Arthur Delaney
[email protected] Follow @ArthurDelaneyHP Arthur Delaney is a founding volunteer editor for the Street Sense opinions section. He has helped curate…
Bob Ballard
Caleb Beverstock
Editorial Volunteer 2017
Robert Blair
Kayla Bramnick
Ben Burgess
Volunteer photojournalist
Jane Cave
A native of the UK, Jane Cave is a long-time resident of Washington DC who enjoys taking photographs at home…
Nicki Conyers
Nikki Conyers
Marcus Dantley
Rachel Davidson
Matt DeLuc
Bryan Doyle
Volunteer reporter
Don Gardner
Don L. Gardner is a former Street Sense vendor and founder of Real Love Ministries.
Roxanne Goldberg
Adrienne Harris
Darrell Heard
Volunteer contributor
Alex Karmazin
Diana Marinaccio
Tiffany Newman
Tiffany Newman is a multimedia designer that lends her skills to our newspaper cover designs and other informational and promotional…
Toni R. Radmann
Tammy Michele Rice
I have been writing poetry since 2006. I am 55 years old. My Mom’s name is Vivian Elain Johnson. My…
Carlos Rocha
Volunteer Reporter @cdotroach
Belinda Russell
Belinda Russell is a writer, Maryland resident and volunteer contributor.
Adam Sennott
Volunteer reporter.
Brianne Talocka
Brianne Talocka is a volunteer at Street Sense.
Sarah Tascone
Eugene Versluysen
I grew up in Antwerp amidst the terror and devastation of a brutal German occupation. After graduating from Brussels University…
Tori Vogel
KJ Ward
Volunteer reporter and editor.
Artist/Vendors
Sasha Williams
Artist/Vendor Badge #535
Logan K. Young
Julia Zur
Julia has been volunteering with Street Sense for the past several years and is excited to a part of the…
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