Pato Hebert (he/him) is an artist, teacher and organizer. He has worked in HIV prevention initiatives with queer communities of color since 1994. He curated exhibitions and led creative initiatives at the International AIDS Conferences in Vienna (2010), Melbourne (2014), Durban (2016) and Amsterdam (2018). He is a COVID-19 long hauler, living with the impacts of the coronavirus and publicly addressing the pandemic since March of 2020. His Lingering solo exhibition about long COVID debuted at Pitzer College in 2022. He serves as Chair and an Associate Professor of Art in the Department of Art & Public Policy at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. . https://patohebert.com/home.html