Baylee Badawy is a consultant based in the French Quarter, working at the intersection of art, music, and technology. She is currently a second-year M.A. candidate in Musicology at Tulane University. She is also a co-founder, along with chess master Jude Acers, of The Red Beret Chess Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting chess learning and culture for people of all ages and abilities in a unique space called “the chess cave” at 521 St. Philip Street.