We’re excited to have educator-artist-curator Ada Cheng with us on August 14 … and you gotta be there. Read allllll about Ada here and GET YOUR TICKETS! We can’t wait to share our stories with you!!

Dr. Ada Cheng is a wanderer who travels across borders to explore the shared and different experiences amongst humanity, a wonderer who loves to learn and grow out of curiosity for the world(s) beyond the immediate and the familiar. Ada is an artist of life, who creates from the heart despite the tyranny of gates and boundaries. An educator-turned storyteller and curator, Ada has utilized storytelling to illustrate structural inequities, raise critical awareness, and build intimate communities. She was one of the Illinois Humanities Public Humanities Award honorees in 2024. Her interests encompass academia, storytelling/performance, and advocacy.