Justin Chapman

Justin Chapman is the Digital Content Writer & Editor at Michelson Philanthropies. He is an author, journalist, travel writer, actor, poet, musician, and politician. Justin was the youngest elected member of the Altadena Town Council at age 19. He graduated from UC Berkeley in 2009 and USC in 2018. He has written for over 20 print and digital publications, frequently for the Pasadena Weekly and Pasadena Now. His book about his travels through Africa, "Saturnalia: Traveling from Cape Town to Kampala in Search of an African Utopia," was published by Rare Bird Books in 2015. He has served as president of Men Educating Men About Health and as secretary of the West Pasadena Residents' Association. Previous memberships include the United Nations Association Pasadena Chapter Communications Committee, the LA Press Club, the LA World Affairs Council, and the ACLU Pasadena/Foothills chapter, where he also served as secretary of the board. He served as a commissioner on the city of Pasadena's Northwest Commission from 2015-16. As a professional child actor he performed in dozens of commercials, television shows, plays, and movies.