Shelby Coley sits down with the Baltimore-based queer trans innovator.

Red Bull’s Baltimore, Md. Amaphiko Academy brought hundreds of people from across the country to participate in an entrepreneurship program that aims to bring together social innovators focused on addressing social issues and inequities in their communities.

A group of 15 innovators, activists, and entrepreneurs, including several women of colour and queer-identified individuals, were selected for the Academy.

During a 10-day residency, August 11 through 20, these talented individuals participated in lectures, storytelling workshops, coaching clinics, and business simulations hosted by some of the country’s leading change-makers.

Shelby Coley, travelled to Baltimore to record this historic and vital event, sitting down with LGBTQ innovators. Watch Shelby’s interview with queer, trans woman Ava Pipitone here.