Ruby Joy White (b.1988, Denver, CO)  is of  generationally-mixed Black American and Afro-Caribbean descent. A self-prescribed NERD, they are sapphically-inclined, gender queer, neurodivergent, and considers themself to be half creative, half sociologist. Ruby is a writer of creative essays, fictional stories, and think pieces, and their sociological practice lies in the realms of family systems/violence, domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy, dynamics of poverty, and social equity.  In creative execution, Ruby aims to curate vibrant experiences that aim to transport those engaged into realms that connect the soul to the beauty and intersections of personhood. 

A HUGE Selena Quintanilla-Perez and Degrassi: The Next Generation fan, Ruby is a flower, plant, and water lover, an out-of-practice violinist, a bookworm, dog parent, lover of cats and chickens, a lifelong student of somatics and healing, believer of love, and an astrological-walking-contradictory mix of a Sagittarius Sun, Scorpio Moon, and Libra Rising (wild). On the day to day, you can catch Ruby reading and writing, making Mama’s greens, watching Anime and kung fu, listening to Drake or a movie score, designing aesthetics, playing Nintendo Switch, singing karaoke, swimming, painting on wood, and storming up probing conversations on identity, relationships, and healing.

Ruby sits on the Contemporary Art Council Board at the Portland Art Museum, the Hey Doc Clinic Advisory Council, and is a member of the Ours Truly Collective.  When she ain’t doing a thousand and one side hustles, Ruby 9 to 5s it as the Director of Culture and Community at Portland’5 Centers for the Arts.