Anugerah Murni (she/her) is the co-founder of Sendok Rakyat, a ground-up initiative that preserves and celebrates Malay food narratives to nurture community bonds, strengthen self-identity, and work towards effective change. She believes that questioning her roots and identity brings her even closer to her culture. Her teenage years spent in a transitional shelter, in close proximity to diverse personalities, opened her eyes to the possibilities and social outcomes of living in strong communities and developing a stronger sense of belonging. Murni is currently pursuing a degree in Sociology at SUSS.

Pooja Bhandari is the founder of EveryChild.SG, a non-profit movement to prioritise child well-being in Singapore, through research, public engagement, and collaboration with government and civil society. She also consults on impact and special projects for AWWA, a large multi-service charity. Prior to that, she spent 6 years at the Ministry of Social and Family Development, heading policy on developmental early intervention for children, and then manpower planning for the social service sector. Pooja also serves on the Board of Tasek Academy and Social Services, a charity that engages children and youth from disadvantaged backgrounds grounds-up, and is on the UNICEF International Council.

Usha Chandradas brings a distinctive blend of legal, tax and arts expertise to all her work. She advises clients on tax-efficient wealth structuring, tax disputes and philanthropic giving, with a particular interest in cultural philanthropy and the stewardship of art collections. She is a co-founder of Plural Art Mag, which is dedicated to making South-east Asian contemporary art more accessible. She has served as a nominated member of Parliament representing the arts sector, and is also an adjunct associate professor at the Nanyang Business School. Usha volunteers with Pro Bono SG, the Singapore Red Cross, and the Singapore Medical Association Charity Fund.

Mok Cui Yin is an interdependent arts producer and facilitator. Since 2008, she has produced, consulted on, and managed projects across disciplines, scales, and contexts: with independent artists in contemporary art, performance, and literary arts; for organisations such as Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, The Substation, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, Asian Film Archive, DesignSingapore Council, and National Arts Council; and on festivals and platforms including Archifest, Arts x Tech Lab, Singapore International Festival of Arts, and Singapore Writers Festival. Cui is on the organising team for Producers SG and Asian Producers Platform, and currently Head, Biennale at Singapore Art Museum.

Dr May Ooi OLY, widely known as “Mighty May,” is a Singapore Olympian, professional MMA athlete, coach and entrepreneur who has made her mark in sport and beyond. A former national swimmer who represented Singapore at the highest level, she has evolved into a respected leader in sports governance and athlete development. She serves on the Singapore National Olympic Council Women in Sport Committee and actively champions the advancement of women in sport. A Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and advocate for lifelong learning, May brings a multidimensional perspective to conversations about the future of sports in Singapore.

Quah Ting Wen is a three-time Olympian, Asian Games medallist, and the most bemedalled Southeast Asian Games athlete. She has represented Singapore in swimming since the age of 12, and now leads the national team as its most senior athlete — alongside her brother and sister, who also compete for the country. Over the years, Ting has gone through the full cycle of a sporting journey: from learning to swim, to balancing life as a student-athlete, and now navigating her final chapter as a professional swimmer. Today, she enjoys sharing her story and the lessons she’s learned along the way through events, swim clinics, and talks at schools, companies, and community spaces.

Vasunthara Ramasamy, a contestant on MasterChef Singapore Season 2, is a passionate chef known for her from-scratch approach to South Indian cuisine. Her work is grounded in a deep interest in the culinary histories of the Indian Ocean, exploring how trade, migration, and empire have shaped interconnected food cultures. She hosts intimate private dinners that showcase artisanal South Indian cooking and conducts thosai-making classes from her home, sharing both technique and cultural context. Through her cooking and research, Vasun brings a thoughtful, historically informed perspective to contemporary South Indian cuisine.

Aditi Shivaramakrishnan has worked at local arts organisations and independent publishers for over a decade, in capacities ranging from gallery sitter, to research assistant, to editor, to the amorphous role of "arts manager". Her arts criticism, primarily on film and performance, has appeared in outlets such as ArtsEquator, the Asian Film Archive's Despatches, Esplanade Offstage, and Jom. Aditi is interested in explorations of identity in relation to gender, feminism, and immigrant experiences. Find her at aditishiva.com.

UK Shyam set Singapore’s 100m sprint record of 10.37s in 2001, at the World University Games in Beijing, smashing C. Kunalan’s 33-year old record of 10.38s set in 1968. Shyam’s record stood for 22 years till Sept 2023. A multiple South-east Asian Games medallist, Shyam was also the first local athlete to train full-time and pursue a degree at NUS. Shyam believes in the importance of sport as a force for good and has spoken publicly on inequality in sport and larger society, the importance of education as a social leveller, and the need to ask difficult questions to constructively shape the local narrative on sport.

Teo You Yenn is associate professor and provost’s chair in sociology, and director of the Centre for the Study of Social Inequality (CSSI), at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research focuses on poverty and inequality, care/welfare regimes, and minimum income standards. You Yenn is the author of Unease: Life in Singapore Families (Ethos Books, 2026), This is What Inequality Looks Like (Ethos Books, 2018) and Neoliberal Morality in Singapore: How Family Policies Make State and Society (Routledge, 2011). Read more about her work at teoyouyenn.sg.

XUE is the founder and facilitator of the Singapore Butoh Collective, a community initiative committed to the cultivation and sustained longevity of butoh culture in Singapore. They are also an associate artist at Dance Nucleus, and co-founder of Endless Return, a Singaporean rave series exploring rave-butoh formats. Their practice spans performance art, film, and underground contexts. They teach butoh at Lasalle College of the Arts and the National University of Singapore, in addition to weekly classes at *SCAPE, a center for youths. Through performance, facilitation, and teaching, XUE continues to investigate butoh as an artistic discipline and radical praxis for a new generation of artists.

Yeo Min is a pastry chef and the author of the award-winning cookbook Chinese Pastry School. She is also the co-founder of Museum of Food, a non-profit dedicated to heritage food education in Singapore. Formerly a social worker in adult protective services, Min brings a deep interest in the role of heritage food in community-building and therapeutic engagement with seniors, while fostering intergenerational connections to preserve Singapore’s culinary traditions.