M.J. Zilla is a Design Director & Strategist who has directed design and strategy campaign for brands such as Disney, Marvel, UMG, Verizon, Coca Cola, Heineken, Vice Media, Afro-Punk and the like, for 15+ years. As an active member of the maker community since 2016, M.J. has spent the past year in the NFT space, hyper-focused on the intersection of the physical world and the metaverse. It is her belief that the adoption of AR/VR/MR/XR/AI technologies will have a profound impact on our society, with regard to the redistribution of wealth, the decentralization of ownership, automation in the future of work and the extension of humanity.