Kristen Zelenka is a designer who uses an interdisciplinary approach to advance social causes. In addition to trundle, Kristen started the design company Question Box Studio to inspire community engagement through powerful messaging, imagery, and design. Kristen has worked on projects for foundations, schools, and community organizations grappling with issues such as gun violence, child abuse, bullying, and homelessness. 

Kristen has a degree in Art & Design and a minor in Global Media Studies from the University of Michigan. She is currently a student at Northwestern in Business Communication and Digital Innovation. 

Maris Garcia is a design strategist, who brings innovative practices and solutions to commercial settings, educational environments and the social sector. 

Maris teaches Design Research Methods at the School of the Art Institute (SAIC) and received a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, where she studied architecture. She served as a building inspector and spent eight years at gravitytank, an innovation consultancy, working as a researcher, strategist and engagement manager. She loves to travel and leads teams of volunteers around the world to build homes with Habitat for Humanity's Global Village program.