Conrado Johns

09/14/2025

01/01/2023

For forty some years this location was once Pearl’s Alterations & Tailoring. Between the 1970s-2000s. It was one of the first and only Black-Female owned businesses operating in the downtown district of Salem, Massachusetts at the time. Owned and operated by my Grandma Pearl. Once an immigrant and refugee from Cuba. This place was also a daycare for the family. A stomping ground during my childhood and beyond. Her legacy and energy lingers here forever. Godspeed! Artist:

12/19/2022

Crushing…

10/19/2022

Deaf Can…

Get to know the AA2 Flight Crew! Today we introduce you to Sheila Xu (she/her). Sheila is currently pursuing dual MPP and MBA degrees at Harvard University and the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania and has earned her Bachelor of Science in Humanities and Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sheila is an oral and signing deaf woman who previously interned with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Department of Transportation, where she co-authored a publication on aviation biojet fuels. She hopes to become an impact investor and policymaker in the future. Sheila is also the first deaf Asian female pilot after completing her Sport Pilot training through a partnership between Able Flight and Purdue University in 2021. Sheila has backpacked solo around the world for a year and moved to Italy to teach ASL!

[ID: Sheila is an Asian woman with dark, shoulder-length hair. Her hair is tucked behind her right ear showing large pearl earring. Sheila is smiling at the camera and is wearing a purple blazer over a pink shirt with a silver chain across her chest. She is in front of a light grey background with the AstroAccess logo in the top right corner. The AstroAccess logo is a solid blue triangle with a cutout rocket shape in the middle, originating from the bottom flat edge of the triangle. On the left side of the rocket, cutout is the braille character ‘M’. The braille character ‘A’ makes the window of the rocket. A final braille character ‘A’ is cut out to the right of the rocket.]

09/25/2022

Return before dawn.

07/26/2022

Post Goth night cool down. I am relieved that my eye shadow didn’t run after my dance.

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