1968–2025
Evelyn June Mercer
Asheville, North Carolina
A lifelong letter writer preserving the recipes, routes, and everyday choices that shaped her family.
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2006–2026
Andre Malik Rowan
Baltimore, Maryland
A furniture conservator documenting the people and patience behind every object he restores.
View profile1988–2024
Leena Grace Ito
Portland, Oregon
An engineer and cellist tracing the sounds, rivers, and family recordings that taught her to listen.
View profile1979–2022
Sofia Valdés Bennett
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The designated family historian connecting photographs, recipes, and voices across four generations.
View profile1994–2025
Mira Solis Grant
Detroit, Michigan
The founder of a neighborhood radio workshop preserving the voices behind a thirty-year craft business.
View profile1989–2024
Robert Ellis Caldwell
Columbus, Ohio
A retired teacher gathering the experiments, failures, and student questions that shaped one school community.
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Nadia Okafor Reed
Richmond, Virginia
A community archivist making neighborhood history useful, welcoming, and accountable to the people who lived it.
View profile1978–2021
Mateo Luis Alvarez
San Antonio, Texas
A family chef preserving the stories that were always told while someone chopped, stirred, or waited for the oven.
View profile2014–2025
Priya Raman Shah
Edison, New Jersey
An educator preserving the small acts of courage that define a school more accurately than test scores.
View profile2016–2025
Daniel Min Park
Queens, New York
A sound editor helping a neighborhood congregation preserve the voices, music, and service behind its shared life.
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