Kali Casab

Growing up in a Mexican-Middle Eastern household in Metro-Detroit, Kali has always been passionate about equity, healing, and social justice. At sixteen she discovered her love for the written word as well as her belief in the power of mindfulness, and she has used each of these tools to work through her own trauma.

Guided by the belief that wellbeing and social justice are not distinct, but must be addressed together, Kali received her Health and Wellness degree from the University of Michigan, with a minor in Minority and Inequality Studies. As our communications and digital media manager at Center for Story & Witness, Kali makes sure that our messaging is effective, uplifting, on brand, and on target.

Kali is equally committed to bringing mindfulness to those most marginalized, which is why Kali’s guided meditation practice has become a staple of our Chicago-based workshop series and our online programming, allowing us to open and close our workshops in a healing, trauma-informed way.

Kali’s dedicated social media following has been a source of support for her as she has documented her own healing journey. In the spirit of “giving back,” when Kali is not working at Center for Story & Witness, she volunteers at different nonprofit organizations throughout Chicago, and is an active grassroots community organizer. At the heart of all that Kali does is her commitment to healing the hurt of injustice.