Bri Erger is a Realtor who believes real estate has the potential to bring people together, build resilient communities, and create a spark that elevates our local community.  She works with individuals and families, as well as people who are looking for creative models of homeownership including co-buying, co-housing, housing cooperatives, and rental collectives. She is committed to harnessing her energy and passion to make an impact locally. She believes in doing work that shifts our collective future so it is more equitable, regenerative, and just. Bri is thrilled to be on the Soul Stories board since it allows her to share her experience in nonprofit work, as well as support an organization that is creating opportunities for people to come together, make authentic connections, and build lasting relationships through stories and conversations. To learn more about Bri, visit: www.brierger.com

Victor Chen works in public finance, providing technical assistance and research on Colorado local government issues such as finance, utilities, and taxes. In previous positions, he worked on grant administration and small business financing. Victor volunteers as a teaching assistant for ESL classes at the Spring Institute. He serves on the board of Soul Stories because he believes in the power of storytelling to strengthen communities and empower individuals. He supports the valuable work Soul Stories does to facilitate connection, community, speaking, and listening.

Ahja Fox is a mother, educator, freelancer, and the current Poet Laureate of Aurora, Colorado. She has editorial, hosting, unique performance and teaching experience through working with/for the City of Aurora, Art of Storytelling, Poetix University, Copper Nickel, Poetry Brothel Denver, and more. Ahja is the creator and mentor of Muse Mentorship, a free program meant to progress a writer on a project. She also curated a city-focused poetry art exhibit (Aurora Speaks Project) with the Aurora History Museum in 2024 and ran Poetry Profiles, a limited poet spotlight series in 2023. Ahja tours schools and libraries teaching workshops and loves providing assistance on other ventures. Her decade-long run and everything gleaned in that time is what she has to offer as a board member of Soul Stories. Ahja is passionate about the transformative power and impact of stories, oral narration, and poetry. She believes resources and knowledge-sharing are the greatest ways to preserve art.

Max believes that design expressed with humility is one of the greatest forces of good in this world. He is a senior design manager at iDE, a non-profit, non-governmental organization that works to reduce poverty by supporting entrepreneurs in pro-poor market development initiatives across 10 countries. As a member of iDE’s Innovation Lab—an in-house design, research, and strategy consultancy—Max applies his academic training as an anthropologist and engineer to co-design services, processes, and products to fill gaps in market systems and help solve everyday problems. He was eager to join the Soul Stories board because he believes in the awesome messiness and power of personal narrative as a way to explore oneself and connect with others. When he isn’t working, Max enjoys backpacking, skiing, cooking, traveling, trying new food, and spending time with his family and good friends.

Jovan Mays is the inaugural and emeritus Poet Laureate of Aurora, Colorado, a National Poetry Slam Champion, TED speaker and the Youth Voice Coordinator of Aurora Public Schools. Mays has worked with well over one million students through poetry outreach in his program, Your Writing Counts. He is the author of 3 books: Pride, The Great Box Escape, and This Is Your Song. The Pilgrimage, Button Poetry, and Write About Now have published his work. He is a graduate of Chadron State College, where he played football, wrestled, and earned a degree in Secondary History Education.

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