Daphne Lundi is an urban planner, policymaker, writer, and artist. She is currently a Public Scholar at the Moynihan Center at City College, in New York, where her writing and teaching explores the intersections between science fiction and city planning. She is a founding member and board member of BlackSpace, a collective of Black urbanists who work to bridge the gaps between policy, people, and place to address inequality and injustice in the built environment. She also serves as an advisory board member and visiting teacher for the Octavia Project, a science-fiction summer program for teen girls and non‑binary youth that uses the lens of science fiction to explore computer science, writing, and city-making.