Talia Lakritz – Singer, Songwriter, Journalist – Milwaukee, WI

Talia Lakritz hails from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and studies English and Creative Writing at Barnard College in New York City. A singer/songwriter and digital content creator known as “nerdwithavoice” on YouTube, her outspoken videos about Orthodox Jewish feminism have been featured on BBC, NPR, Yahoo! News, The Huffington Post, Everyday Feminism, The Forward, and The Times of Israel. She was an artist fellow with the Jewish Women’s Talent Agency and has been a featured performer at VidCon, Jewish Queer Youth’s Community Chanukah Party for LGBTQ Jews and Allies, Barnard’s Take Back The Night Speakout, and In The Glow. When she’s not lugging her keyboard around on the subway on her way to an open mic, chances are she’s updating her Twitter (@nerdwithavoice), Instagram (@nerdwithavoice), and Tumblr (the orthodoxjukebox.tumblr.com).