Karim Ahmad is a writer, culture strategist, husband and father, member of the Guild of Future Architects, and Director of the Outreach & Inclusion Program at the Sundance Institute. He is the main author of the Restoring the Future report, a manifestation of a worldbuilding and advocacy initiative co-created by a coalition of arts organizations. He is the Creator and Showrunner of the groundbreaking speculative fiction series, FUTURESTATES, and the writer of the upcoming social justice science fiction comic book, DIVIDE.