Ananya Garg (she/her) is an educator, writer, visual artist, and oral historian. She was trained in oral history methodology under the guidance of Dr. Priti Ramamurthy during her undergraduate education in the Department of Gender, Women, Sexuality Studies at the University of Washington. 

Ananya has completed several oral history projects including contributing to the University of Washington’s Department of Gender, Women, Sexuality Studies 50th anniversary oral history archive, an oral history project of queer and trans people of color, and most recently as part of the Museum Education Fellowship Program at the Brooklyn Museum, a project interviewing alumni of the museum’s teen programs. She has been deeply moved by the experience and reciprocity of giving and receiving stories within her community.

Ananya enters OHMA to complete an oral history project sharing the stories of queer and trans South Asian people about how they are building chosen family networks. 

You can find Ananya’s writing published or forthcoming in YES! Magazine, The Asian American Feminist Collective, The Shade Journal, The Asian American Writers Workshop, and elsewhere. A queer South Asian woman, Ananya lives in Brooklyn, NY with her partner and dog. When she’s not looking to hear or tell a good story, Ananya can be found doing ceramics, printmaking cards for her chosen family, and drinking hot chocolate or lemonade, depending on the season.