Monae Roberts is a Brooklyn native, who moved out to California and joined the UC Davis staff in 2016. The foundation of their work is promoting critical consciousness and healing in the world, in order to dismantle the root of all oppressions; they are for love, light and liberation. She often spends her time meditating, reading and writing on African Diasporic relations, Queer and Trans issues, Human Design, Astrology, Buddhism, Taoism and Hinduism. Monae currently serves as the Director of the LGBTQIA Resource Center.