Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason are the husband-and-wife team behind AphroChic, a brand dedicated to celebrating culture, creativity, design, health and wellness throughout the African Diaspora. The couple started their brand in 2007 as a blog before quickly expanding into creative fields such as content creation, publishing and more. Jeanine and Bryan are experts in creating experiences and telling stories through social media and video, connecting brands to a wide audience, particularly in the African American community. Their clients include a number of Fortune 500 companies, including LOWE’s, The Home Depot, IKEA and Nike. The couple have been featured in The New York Times, New York Magazine, and most recently on NPR and Next Question with Katie Couric, discussing their family’s long haul COVID journey. Jeanine and Bryan are published authors. Their book “REMIX: Decorating with Culture, Objects and Soul” was released by Penguin Random House (PRH) in 2013. The couple is currently writing their second book for PRH, “APHROCHIC: Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Family Home” to be released this fall. They are the creators of the HGTV Facebook Watch series, Sneak Peek with AphroChic, that reached over 4 million viewers online. And the editors of AphroChic Magazine, their quarterly publication that has over 30,000 subscribers. Jeanine is a graduate of Spelman College and American University Washington College of Law.

Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason are the husband-and-wife team behind AphroChic, a brand dedicated to celebrating culture, creativity, design, health and wellness throughout the African Diaspora. The couple started their brand in 2007 as a blog before quickly expanding into creative fields such as content creation, publishing and more. Jeanine and Bryan are experts in creating experiences and telling stories through social media and video, connecting brands to a wide audience, particularly in the African American community. Their clients include a number of Fortune 500 companies, including LOWE’s, The Home Depot, IKEA and Nike. The couple have been featured in The New York Times, New York Magazine, and most recently on NPR and Next Question with Katie Couric, discussing their family’s long haul COVID journey.

Jeanine and Bryan are published authors. Their book “REMIX: Decorating with Culture, Objects and Soul” was released by Penguin Random House (PRH) in 2013. The couple is currently writing their second book for PRH, “APHROCHIC: Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Family Home” to be released this fall. They are the creators of the HGTV Facebook Watch series, Sneak Peek with AphroChic, that reached over 4 million viewers online. And the editors of AphroChic Magazine, their quarterly publication that has over 30,000 subscribers.

Bryan is a graduate of Drexel University, he has an M.A. in Systematic Philosophical Theology from The Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California and has an M.A. in African Diaspora Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.

Julian C. Hamer is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, cinematographer, director, and master storyteller passionate about sharing narratives that promote Black life and liberation. Born and raised in Baltimore, Julian’s first feature documentary—If Walls Could Talk—followed a group of artists during the curation of a mural project in her hometown’s Sandtown-Winchester community immediately following the untimely death of Freddie Gray and subsequent uprising of 2015. On election day of 2016, she left her job as a studio camera operator at a local news network to amplify unheard voices. Since then, Julian has worked in various freelance capacities in production, camera departments and as a producer for numerous television networks and production companies on live events and film productions. During the 2020 election cycle, Julian transitioned into political video content, working as the senior producer of video content and cinematographer for Vice President Kamala Harris and leading two teams composed predominantly of women of color. She co-directed and was the Director of Photography for Vice President Harris’ campaign introduction and Democratic National Convention video, “Kamala Harris is Us,” working alongside FEARLESS VIDEO co-founder Yessica Hernandez-Cruz and cinematographers from across the country. Julian is a member of the Producer Guild of America, Documentary Producers Alliance, Brown Girls Documentary Mafia, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

Yessica Hernandez-Cruz is a queer, bilingual producer and digital consultant creating stories that heal from the generational curses of colonization while inspiring others to reclaim their unapologetic power and voice. Born in Seattle and raised by her Mexican undocumented parents, Yessica grew her perspective to connect with various demographic groups and captivate intersectional millennial and Gen-Z audience. Yessica has served in various capacities, including as an on-air personality, host, show-runner, writer, photographer, director, and producer for Buzzfeed, Univision, Discovery & Viacom. After the country’s political climate shifted in 2016, she veered her focus from entertaining her community to embracing the responsibility of creating intentional, purposeful content.

During the 2020 election cycle, Yessica joined the presidential campaigns of then-Senator Kamala Harris, Andrew Yang, and Senator Bernie Sanders as a video content producer. She later joined the Biden-Harris ticket to lead the running mate’s digital content road team. In addition to co-directing and co-producing Vice President Harris’ campaign introduction and Democratic National Convention videos alongside FEARLESS VIDEO co-founder Julian Hamer, Yessica created historic and iconic content that inspired an organic wave of “FanCam” videos—generating millions of views on TikTok and Instagram.