Spyder is an internationally recognized cartoonist, painter and sculptor. He has been teaching at YouthWrite since its inception. Spyder's artwork has been on exhibition in the US and Canada including The Art Gallery of Alberta. He has illustrated an award-winning graphic novel and created the artwork for Theatre Network's production of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. Spyder illustrated the forthcoming graphic comic, THE LOFTS, written by Rylan Kafara, which will be published in both digital and hardcopy.!

is a Métis Albertan, teacher, mother, poet, and artist who specializes in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Education. Angela has been nominated for Excellence in Teaching and awarded the ATA Outstanding Aboriginal Educator Award. She has developed and facilitated Trauma Informed and Indigenous Ways of Knowing Art lessons for all ages and is an artist with the Bear Claw Art Gallery in Edmonton. Her artwork, TURTLE ISLAND, is touring Alberta with the AFA TREX exhibition.

Omar is an author, filmmaker, and educator whose work has appeared in The Guardian, WIRED, and NewYorker.com. His latest book, PRAYING TO THE WEST, was named one of the Globe and Mail’s 100 best books of 2021. His documentary THE LAST BARON, was hailed as “one of the best Canadian food documentaries” by Air Canada’s enRoute magazine. Omar is also the "fake dean" of Pandemic University, a virtual school he founded in support of writers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joey is a Canadian Comedy Award winning performer and a staple at Edmonton’s Rapid Fire Theatre since 2007. He’s also a real-life certified teacher and a much-loved YouthWrite Super! As a writer, Joey is a contributor to the online BEAVERTON, and is currently developing a project about the Filipino-Canadian experience that received a letter of interest from the CBC. He thinks birds are cool!