Camara Aaron (she/her) is an Aries. She is also a writer and researcher, based in New York City and working in documentary film. Outside of documentary, Camara produces Griotte’s Beat, an interview podcast focused on Black women’s everyday contributions to justice. She also writes speculative fiction; her work can be found in the YA horror anthology The Black Girls Survives in this One (winter 2024 from Flatiron Books) and Torch Literary Arts. Camara is a first-generation Dominican-American (no, not from the Republic). She explores the histories and folklores of the West Indies in her storytelling. Her happy places are the holds section of the library, any uptown movie theater, and anytime she wins a board game. You can find her on Instagram @camaraife.