Our collective

Chetna Mehta (she/They)

CREATIVE DIRECTION
Ohlone Land (Berkeley, CA)

Chetna is a granddaughter of Indian and South African diasporas. Their training, education and experiences span social sciences, counseling psychology, yoga philosophy and practice from a liberation-oriented perspective, cultural exchange, media and entertainment, leadership and mentorship, somatics, expressive healing arts and cultivating peaceful circles. She serves as a creativity doula for disruptors, educators and changemakers seeking to embody more of their purpose and freedom.

Chetna is a part-time employee.

Jess Gutierrez (she/they)

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Ohlone, Muwekma, Tamien Nation Land (San Jose, CA)

Jess is an educator, artist/designer, arts curator, and community connector. Jess believes everyone should have access to create and express through art. She actively seeks ways that she can engage people in meaningful creative expression and build bridges across communities through active engagement, curation, workshops, and collaborations with other local creatives.

She emphasizes holding space and providing opportunities for BBIPOC artists, LGBTQ+ artists, and any other folks of marginalized identities that are historically under-resourced, underrepresented, and not welcome to be their full selves in institutionalized spaces.

Jess is a part-time contractor.

Lakshmi nair
(she/her)

WRITING & EDUCATION
Arapahoe, Sioux, Cheyenne, Ute Land (Denver, CO)

Lakshmi has been teaching yoga for 20 years in the lands of the Nuché, Tsisistas, and Hinono’ei peoples known colonially as Denver, CO. She’s been offering a yoga immersion/teacher training program for BIPOC since 2014 and in 2018, she co-founded Satya Yoga Cooperative, a yoga co-op by and for BIPOC healing.

Lakshmi is a project-based contributor.

Leena Sharma Seth (She/Her)

ADVISING & WRITING
Anishinabewaki, Haudenosaunee, Attiwonderonk and Mississauga+ Land (Ontario, Canada)

Leena is a settler who is cisgender, heterosexual, able-bodied, and a child of hindu, panjabi, and brahmin immigrants from India. As the Founder of Mending the Chasm, a boutique consultancy focusing on advancing equity, inclusion justice, and belonging, Leena brings a set of lived and intersectional experiences to her work as a facilitator, strategist, conflict transformation expert, inclusion advisor, and inclusive process designer.

Leena is a project-based contributor.

OLIVIA HUntE (She/THEY)

FACILITATION & ART

Olivia is a Black queer femme feminist storyteller. As a social work scholar, Olivia is dedicated to disrupting systems of oppression while centering pleasure and healing. She is currently a doctoral student engaged in community-centered research with the intention of developing liberatory theoretical and practice frameworks.

Olivia can be found nurturing relationships and pouring into her creative practices, and is facilitating sessions on privilege and oppression this spring and summer in Mosaiceye’s membership space, The River.

Olivia is a project-based contributor.

Roshni shah (she/her)

COMMUNITY WEAVING
Ohlone Land (Berkeley, CA) / Potawatami, Kickapoo+ Land (Chicago, IL) / India

Roshni is a storyteller, culture creator,and facilitator that sees the world through heart eyes and possibility. She loves weaving ideas, projects and people together, building bridges of collaboration and creative expression. You can learn more about her work at followtheroshni.com.

Roshni is a community collaborator.