Crooked Zipper is a nonprofit organization, based in Minneapolis, MN, focused on arts, literacy, and sustainability.

Alex is a mixed Islander who creates block prints, felts wool, and makes ceramics. She enjoys climbing, playing board games, making stuff up in the kitchen, and adventures of all kinds. She lives with her husband and their furry creatures in St. Paul, MN.

Monica is a bilingual queer Chilean-American who engages communities through writing and artistic practices involving magical realism, joy, and play. She lives with her wife, niece, and nephew in Minneapolis, MN where she befriends local librarians, mends clothes, and stoop sits. 

Nicole is a queer writer, artist, and educator of Scandinavian descent. Nicole's work seeks to make the invisible, visible. Nicole enjoys cavorting with insects, eating fibrous fruit, and collecting misplaced postal rubber bands. Nicole and wife, along with their niece and nephew, live in a cozy and colorful home in Minneapolis, MN.