Team
Allexa Laycock (she/they)
Creative Director
Allexa Laycock is a filmmaker, editor, and a Creative Director at Rooted in Rights. Allexa has presented on accessible media at Netroots Nation, for the City of Seattle, and to non-profits and other organizations around Washington State. She also leads training on creating self-produced, accessible advocacy videos. Previous training includes partnerships with the DO-IT program at the University of Washington, of which she is a Comparative History of Ideas and Dance alumni, and Mental Voices Africa, a Kenyan advocacy organization for those with psychosocial disabilities.
Courtney Cole (she/her)
Creative Production Assistant
Courtney started at Rooted in Rights in 2016 as an intern, then accepted a position as a Creative Production Assistant in 2017. Courtney works on the creative development and editing of videos. She also played a key role in developing Rooted in Rights Audio Description practices to make our videos more accessible, leading to Rooted in Rights receiving the American Council of the Blind’s Audio Description Award in 2018. She’s passionate about mentorship, and participates in supporting high schoolers with disabilities through the University of Washington’s DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Inter-networking, and Technology) program. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Washington in June 2022. Courtney performs stand-up comedy and playing music in her spare time.
Vanessa Link (she/her)
Creative Production Assistant
Vanessa’s involvement in disability rights started when she participated as a camper and intern at DO-IT, a technology-focused college prep camp at the University of Washington for college-bound high school students with disabilities. After high school, she followed a passion for graphic design to an Associate in Technical Art Degree in Multimedia and Interactive Technology from Skagit Valley College. In 2016, she joined Rooted in Rights as an intern, working from her home on Whidbey Island to aid the creative team in the production of graphic design projects for disability rights organizations across the country. Currently, she is pursuing a B.A. in Disability Studies at the University of Washington.