My name is Charlotte “Char” Carbone (they/them). I am a queer femme Asian adoptee artist (BDes in Fashion, MFA in Interdisciplinary Art/Media/Design). I am a creative freelancer, and my industry expertise includes community arts, performance arts, and costume design. Select credits include CBC Arts, IKEA Canada, and Queer Collective. My practices are grounded by my lived experiences as I explore racial-cultural-gender identity complexities, queer-racialized community relationships, and community arts radical activism. I am most at home with my QTBIPOC communities of Toronto Waacking and the Toronto Kiki Ballroom Alliance, as a participant, organizer, and educator.