Sarah Trad is the Development and Programs Manager at Twelve Gates Arts and starts as the gallery's second full-time employee in September. Trad is a Lebanese-American filmmaker and curator. Working in fibers, video, and computer art, her practice focuses on Arab American history, queerness, mental health, and alternate realities. She is a previous manager of the artist-run gallery Little Berlin. Her experience in DIY art environments inspired her to launch the pop-up cinema and gallery, Batikh Batikh (BB), which focuses on bringing South West Asian North African (SWANA) films to Philadelphia and helping local LGBTQ+ and women artists acquire solo exhibitions at rented spaces. Trad is also the Director of Programming for the MENA (Middle East North African) Film Festival in Vancouver. Trad is a recipient of the Plyspace Artist Residency Fellowship, the Leeway Art and Change Grant, and Velocity Fund. Her work has been screened at the Antimatter Media Art Festival, Everson Museum of Art, Burlington City Arts, and Currents New Media.