Invisible Institute

Erisa Apantaku (she/her) is a Black/biracial, queer multimedia producer/educator from the lands of the Three Fires Confederacy of the Ottawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi (Chicagoland).

Erisa was a producer on the Invisible Institute’s award-winning podcast You Didn’t See Nothin. Outside of the Invisible Institute, Erisa also produces short audio and video documentaries examining topics including race and sexuality through a process that centers curiosity and seeks to be vulnerable and generative.

She’s edited episodes of Tight Lipped, South Side Weekly Radio, and the upcoming podcast The Alaskan Myth. As an audio educator, Erisa has trained individuals of different ages through South Side Weekly, Change Agents, Blok by Blok, IndyKids, and After School Matters. Find her work at erisaja.com or follow her on all platforms @_erisaja.