2026 BIPOC Maker Accelerator Cohort
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Anastasia Gibson
Glory Be Ceramics
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Bahirah Muhammad
Strawberry Mushroom
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Bonita Penn
B’s Bags
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Dasha Morris
Millennium Scents
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Keith Stribling
Hair Truly LLC
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Mercedes Montano
Skull Baby
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Sydney Sun
Syd Makes
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TaMara Howard
Folk Quilts LLC
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Tina Goparaju
Sleepy Critter Co.
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Tracey Queiser
QueisersQreations
Meet Talpha Harris, the 2025 Cohort Workshop Instructor
Talpha Harris is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sustainible, a business model assessment tool that helps entrepreneurs determine how they can improve or implement their business model. She also owns Ancient Path Adventures, a biblical innovation hub, producing creative card games, board games and more. Talpha previously worked as an Entrepreneurship Hub Manager at a local CDFI, helping entrepreneurs build businesses by developing entrepreneurial programming such as accelerators and incubators. Talpha graduated from UNC Chapel Hill with a degree in Sustainable Development and Entrepreneurship and currently lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and toddler.
Funding for the 2025 BIPOC Maker Accelerator Program was provided by The Pittsburgh Foundation.