San is passionate about developing and using an intersectionality framework in healing spaces, faith communities, and work where the BIPOC community is continuously harmed. Her heart and desire is to help foster and establish an understanding of healing justice as a necessary component of social justice and racial equity, so that, as Cara Page writes, "healing justice can move from being symbolic to actionable work.”

Rachel is a white, queer, temporarily able-bodied community member living on Ute, Arapahoe, and Cheyenne lands in Fort Collins, CO. Rachel graduated with their Masters in Social Work in May 2023, and they draw on those skills in their role. They are elated and honored to be working alongside community members and local organizations to advance progressive change in Fort Collins, CO. When they're not working, they enjoy gardening, binge-reading, taking sunny walks with their dog, smooshing their four cats, and spending time with their partner and friends.

Shirley identifies as a queer, Asian-American woman of color. Shirley spends a lot of her time desperately trying to meld together two separate worlds-- the body work/spiritual realm and social movement organizing. She combines her skills and knowledge from ethnic studies, women and gender studies, and community organizing with her deepest passion (meditation, buddhism, and yoga) to try to create something that can be transformative, healing, and (gasp!) pleasurable for her community. When not being self- referential in a bio, you can find her playing with her dogs, biking around town, dancing, or reading a book.

Grace is a white, able-bodied queer person currently pursuing her Masters in Social Work at CSU. They are currently a community organizing intern for FCCAN exploring some of their passions for community building around social and economic justice in Northern Colorado. Working with other humans in community brings her a deep sense of joy and meaning, and she’s excited to be here! When they’re not busy being a grad student, they love being with humans she loves, cuddling their pup Paisley, filling their home with plant babies, and becoming mediocre at all sorts of other hobbies.

Jesus is a DREAMer from Los Mochis Sinaloa, Mexico, and has been living in Fort Collins since 2008. He attended Fossil Ridge High School and is currently a theater major at Colorado State University. He worked as the program coordinator for Fuerza Latina and is currently Director of the Adelante Program and Workforce Initiatives at ISAAC of Northern Colorado. He is also the 2023 SOL (Soul of Leadership) Award recipient from the Latino Community Foundation of Colorado. Fun fact about Jesus: he danced on stage with Katy Perry once!

Fawkes is a cute lil guy who frequently co-works alongside/on Rachel, providing moral support and encouraging work-life harmony. Though Fawkes is young in years, he is very wise and provides Pawject-related guidance and is the most compassionate Supurrvisor (of course, only when he isn’t asleep on the job). Fawkes in compensated in meat go-gurts, kisses, and squishes.

Renā Trujillo identifies as a queer, multiracial, and multicultural human. One who is doing their best to put the human in being. Their worldview and world experience has been impacted by the U.S. foster-care system and shaped through communal upbringing with Samoan, Latinx, and Diné elders in Southwestern, Colorado. She recently graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies and a minor in Women’s Studies. He believes there is power/action potential that lies at the intersection(s) of embodiment work, land-based practices, and social and environmental justice. Hobbies include hiking, fishing, hunting, foraging, creative resistance through art, dancing, eating, and attending music concerts. They are a proud plant and puppy companion– oh and uncle/aunt to ten nephews and nieces.

Dr. Caridad Souza is the Director of the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research at Colorado State University. Her teaching and research interests include contemporary race & ethnic relations and theories, women, children, & poverty, multiracial and decolonial feminisms, and critical ethnography. Her intellectual interests involve intersectional well-being and inequality (race, class, gender, and sexuality), and she has worked on gender equity at CSU on various committees including the President’s Commission on Women and Gender Equity and the Standing Committee on the Status of Women Faculty. She is fascinated with the concept of social healing towards a more equitable, just, and free society.

Arpi Miller works on the Fuerza Latina emergency immigration hotline, sits on the steering committee of ISAAC (the Interfaith Sanctuary and Accompaniment Coalition), and is part of Plymouth Congregational’s immigration team. Prior to living in Colorado, Arpi spent nearly three years working with a cooperative in highland Guatemala. She returned to California to pursue her PhD in sociology at UCLA with an emphasis in international migration. During her masters and doctoral work, she worked with veteran Salvadoran immigrant organizers in the Los Angeles area. During that time, she traveled to El Salvador regularly to monitor elections and participate in delegations. She currently freelances as a research fellow with the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at USC, and plays mom to two boys and a yellow lab.