Tabashshum Jahan (TJ) Islam is a PhD Candidate in the Social Welfare program at CUNY Graduate Center and MLS student at CUNY Queens College. Their interests include trauma-informed approaches to empower and honor immigrant and diasporic communities through narrative, teaching, and research. They are currently doing mixed-methods research and arts-based inquiry to explore artists’ experiences in receiving a guaranteed income through Creatives Rebuild New York. In their down time they enjoy meditating, scrapbooking, and going for long walks.