People: Staff, Authors, Contributors

The following people are UUA staff or have written UU World articles, WorshipWeb elements, or other material on UUA.org.

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  • Clint Smith, a Black man with a beard and bald head, wears glasses. He is sitting with his arms stacked, looking right into the camera.
    Clint Smith

    Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic.

  • Laura smiles into the camera. She has short hair, glasses, and dangly earrings.
    Laura Shay

    Laura Shay (she/her/hers) is a chaplain in an inpatient hospice facility in Maryland. She is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville (MD) and the co-leader of their Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship. She and her wife of 35 years enjoy yoga, hiking, biking and...

  • Jé Exodus Hooper
    Jé Exodus Hooper

    Dr. Jé Exodus Hooper holds a Ph.D. from Ohio University’s School of Interdisciplinary Arts and two master’s degrees, including one in theology from Union Theological Seminary. Hooper is an artist whose weekly program Keep Liv’n is broadcast on The Transverse Network, a developing network for...

  • Black and white headshot of Amanda Newlove smiling, wearing a beanie hat and flannel shirt
    Amanda Newlove

    Amanda Newlove is an intern at the UUA Office at the UN during the 2021-2022 school year. Amanda is attending New York University pursuing her Master’s in Social Work. She is interested in child safeguarding, international education, and racial justice.

  • Mike Adams, in a gray t-shirt, smiles and looks slightly off-camera.
    Mike Adams

    Michael L. Adams (he/him/his) resides in Los Alamos, New Mexico, where he grew up, but he is a Lil'wat Indian, from British Columbia, Canada. Mike is a second-generation UU, and a member of the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos....

  • Cassandra Montenegro
    Cassandra Montenegro

    Cassandra “Cassie” Montenegro is a Master of Divinity student at Harvard Divinity School. A member of the UU Congregation of Miami, Florida, she is active in the First Parish in Cambridge, Massachusetts, People of Color Caucus. Her scholarship examines anti-blackness, ancestry, and...

  • Leslie Gatto, with long hair, smiles to a spot off-camera.
    Leslie Gatto

    Leslie Gatto (she/her) is a lay worship leader at the UU Congregation of Fort Myers in Florida where she lives with her husband, Doc and her Yorkies, Doodlebug and Pixie. She enjoys quilting, playing games, reading, traveling, connecting with friends and family and life!

  • Amanda Doyle
  • Bodhipaksa
    Bodhipaksa is a Buddhist teacher and author who has been practicing within the Triratna Buddhist Community since 1982. He's originally from Scotland and formerly ran a retreat center in the Scottish Highlands. In 2000 he created the online meditation center Wildmind (www.wildmind.org) in order to...
  • GioGio

    GioGio Design was founded by twin sisters Jessica and Monica Giovachino. Jessica is a practicing architect as well as the designer of our products, and she brings this experience to the creation of her home accessories and jewelry....