Co-Founder and COO, Mintstars

Van Meir is a doctoral student at Harvard Kennedy School studying sex work, labor, & the platform economy, and co-founder of MintStars. MintStars is a content subscription platform that helps creators and models earn more, reduce piracy, and combat burnout using NFTs.Jessica has advocated for marginalized groups her entire life. Currently a PhD student at Harvard and a former Gates Cambridge Scholar, she's spent 7 years researching sex workers' rights. She's also worked for multiple women's rights and trans rights organizations, including a feminist law firm where she worked with survivors of image-based sexual abuse, workplace discrimination, and sex trafficking.