DEBORAH JIAN LEE, host and co-founder

Deborah Jian Lee is an award-winning journalist, podcast host and author of the critically-acclaimed book Rescuing Jesus: How People of Color, Women and Queer Christians are Reclaiming Evangelicalism.

She has worked as a staff reporter for the Associated Press, taught at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and written for Foreign Policy, Slate, The Atlantic, Playboy, Religion Dispatches, Forbes, Marie Claire, SELF, Reuters, GOOD, WBEZ, WNYC and many others. She lives in Chicago.

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ERIN JAMES-BROWN, pastor in residence and co-founder

Hailing from the great state of Texas (and proud of it!), Erin James-Brown serves as a pastor at Urban Village Church in Chicago. In addition to filling her time as a group exercise instructor, a dog owner, and a voracious reader of young adult literature, Erin has also served as a hospital chaplain and as the director of a ministry for youth and children. She is incredibly excited to be working on Kaleidoscope to share stories of love, mercy, and justice in a world that desperately needs to hear a little bit of hope. 

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ANNIE NGUYEN, producer

Annie Nguyen is a producer at Kaleidoscope and a proud first-generation Vietnamese-American from the Bay Area. Before joining the team, she worked at WBEZ, MPR, and WGBH. She has produced for Making Oprah, Nerdette, and Art Hounds. At one point in time, Annie also was a line cook, library assistant, dog walker, and cheesemonger. In her spare time, Annie bikes, reads and smashes in Catan.