Board of Directors

These fine folks guide our mission forward. If you’d like to join them, please drop us a line: info@sistersfreehold.org

Daniel Adegbesan is a Nigerian-American community organizer, conversation facilitator, and immigration legal advocate.
As the Founder and Executive Director of Pan-African community platform Found in Translation, Daniel’s mission of Afrodiasporic empowerment is rooted in the philosophy that community is a basic need. Through this modality, higher standards of holistic community wellness are developed, eventually leading to transformational change.
Daniel is an Immigration Paralegal with the Luminus Network for New Americans, and works to provide relief to local residents seeking immigration assistance. He is a graduate of the Villanova Interdisciplinary Immigration Studies Training for Advocates and is currently awaiting United States Department of Justice adjudication of his application for legal accreditation.
Daniel is also an actor, creative director, and published writer with a portfolio of several short screenplays and editorials. He is currently attending UMBC and pursuing a BS in Information Systems with a minor in Africana Studies.

Justyne graduated from Towson University with a Bachelor of Science in English Writing and minors in Business &Jewish Studies. She began her career with Marriott in 2011 as a front desk associate at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. From there she wore many hats with Marriott as a group housing coordinator, event manager, senior event manager, and sales manager in the Baltimore area. Justyne then transitioned to revenue management and has been in the discipline since 2019.
As an avid supporter of the arts she was also on the Board of Directors for the Baltimore Shakespeare Factory from 2019-2021.
Justyne currently resides in Towson, Maryland with her husband, daughter, and zoo of animals.  She has a python named Nagini, bearded dragon named Hagrid, and most recently she rescued a 22-year-old Moluccan Cockatoo named Shiloh in 2020.
When she’s not working, she sits on the Advisory Council for the Florida International University School of Business –Women in Leadership program, and owns a women’s dance studio. She loves to cook, garden, read, and travel any chance she can get.

Alex Perry is a stage manager, freelance writer, and activist in Baltimore City. They began their career at Notre Dame of Maryland University with such shows as The Two Gentlemen of Verona and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Copeland Theatre) before progressing to community theater in the Baltimore area. These shows include Romeo and Juliet (BSF), The Effect (FPCT), and Hand Through the Veil (An Die Musik).
Through their experiences they've become an advocate for the intersection of theater and youth education along with the importance of community-led art in Baltimore.