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Pegah Vaezi is a transdisciplinary designer and curator. Pegah completed her Master’s of Visual Studies in Curatorial Studies from the University of Toronto. Awarded the best symposium of the year by NOW magazine in 2019, her thesis, “What do we mean when we say content moderation: Digital Censorship, Surveillance and Creative Workers,” explored ramifications of content moderation in the digital space, with a focus on its implications for creative workers. She currently runs Sprillow—a design and development studio focused on co-creating systems change initiatives—with her partner Connor Turland. Born in Portland, Oregon and raised in Tehran, Iran, Vaezi studied Sculpture and Industrial Design at the University of Tehran, and received her BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in Sculpture and Extended Media.