Dire Need Online

Jennavieve Growel (she/her) is the production lead for Dire Need. She is an aspiring filmmaker, hoping to one day be known as “David Lynch on Estrogen”. She wrote, directed, and edited two short films, Oh, Rats! and Eat It! and co-produced a film called Is There a Strategy to Peeling an Orange made by Mary Hansen. In her free time she likes to brush up her graphic design skills, and hang with her friends.

Grace (she/her) moved to Chicago in a desperate need to flee her corn-fed small town in Western Illinois. Currently, she’s in her third year at Loyola University Chicago studying graphic design and marketing. Grace enjoys growing plants, thrifting, and loving her cats. She found Dire Need through instagram, then soon became a part of the team as a Graphic Designer.

Mary (she/her) is a 24 year old milwaukee creative with a flair for the silly. A sensitive Aries, she found her passion for music collide with her love of community in the local Milwaukee alternative scene. Since then she has become our fearless Dire Need leader, bringing together the weirdos and outcasts in a shared love for all things… weird… and outcast? When she’s not being brave, she can be found thinking about carnivals, worms, what she’ll cook next, or her friends :)

Alyx (she/her) is a 25 year old creative living in the Milwaukee area. She uses her love of organizing anything that isn't her bedroom to her full advantage in her role at Dire Need, and can often be found creating spreadsheets nobody asked for. She cites the movie Tank Girl and John Dies at The End for creating her personality today, and highly recommends watching those movies before interacting with her.

Ash (they/he) is a 26 year old artist and has been an artist for 26 years (yes, all 26 years). They are the Digital Art & Media Manager at Dire Need Zine. You can think of Ash as an abstract being filled with love and the electric lettuce. He loves cats and the color pink, and would very much enjoy a world where pink cats existed, and it would be even cooler to them if the pink cats were also clowns!