Austin Sauerbrei is a community organizer and sequential artist based in Tennessee. A lifelong comics enthusiast, he practices visual storytelling as a form of popular education.

Austin currently serves as the Director of Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment (SOCM), a member-led organization dedicated to empowering Tennesseans in their efforts to have a greater voice in determining their own future.

Austin and his partner, Claire Brown, live in Athens, Tennessee, with their three children.