Kira-Lynn Ferderber is hip-hop's Mayor of Ottawa, an accomplished radical activist, and highly skilled educator.

Kira-Lynn works to make music festivals safer for women and everyone, by designing and teaching anti-racist approaches to bystander intervention to prevent sexual violence. They also deliver workshops to youth and for professional development on subjects such as homophobia, trans identity, music, and culture.

Kira-Lynn is currently writing on the decriminalization of sex work, and the intersections of art and disability.