Growing up just a few minutes West of Chicago, Quinnton is a co-founder & CEO of Retrospect Studios, a Black-owned experimental studio focused on connecting history and culture with creative and technology solutions to enhance the human experience. Based out of Brooklyn, NY, he is passionate about leading teams and developing creative talent. He specializes in building compelling and authentic brand experiences for companies and entrepreneurs.

A graduate of MIT, Quinnton's has excelled amongst the best of the best, serving as an Art Director at Digitas, Lead Creative for recently Procter & Gamble acquired Walker & Company Brands (makers of the brand Bevel), inaugural Creative Director at Blavity, and Group Creative Director & Global Lead of Computational Design at Publicis Sapient.

Outside of work, creative expression always finds its way to Quinnton's atmosphere. Whether he is creative directing photoshoots, organizing nature walks with his friends, or inspiring creativity & diversity through collectives like KOR and HellaCreative, Quinnton's impact is both broad and deep.

Our discussion includes a wide variety of topics, including:

• Developing a personal definition of what it means to be a man
• How his relationships with his siblings created elastic conceptions of identity from a young age
• Reconciling masculinity & emotional sensitivity
• Decoupling masculinity & femininity from sexuality
• Navigating affirmation vs validation
• Finding your life partner, and more