Contributors
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Meet the contributors to the Center for Humans and Nature’s publications. The Center’s contributors share a passion for exploring our relationships and responsibilities to each other and the whole community of life.

Lucía Oliva Hennelly
Climate Strategist – Grassroots Power Project

Serena Bian
Serena is pursuing a life that remains attentive to the tenderness of a snail’s soft body and reverent to the miracle of its spiraled shell. Serena serves as a Special

Jeanine M. Canty
Professor – California Institute of Integral Studies

Jasmine Williams
Artist and Curator – How We Get Over: We Grow On

Sarah Jené
Artist and Curator – How We Get Over: We Grow On

Adam Kessel
Nature Center Director – Forest Preserves of Cook County, Illinois

Cassandra Castillo Valentin
Artist and Photographer

Amelia Díaz Ettinger
Poet and Writer

Margot Lystra
Artist, Scholar, Teacher

Mallessa James
Writer and Artist

Catherine Twomey
Artist

Lindsay Olson
Artist

Francis Weller
Psychotherapist

Kasey Butcher Santana
Writer and Farmer

Joy Dubé
Early Childhood Educator

Kate Weiner
Humans and Nature Press Digital Editorial Fellow, 2023

Owen Ó Súilleabháin
Musician

Adin Kawate
Educator – First Nations Education and Cultural Center

Deb Brandt
Grief Educator and Writer

Rae Karim
Pastor and Certified Grief Coach

Ben Tapper
Cofounder of Kindred Collective

Celeste Williams
Writer

Gabrielle Taylor
Psychotherapist

Chris Goto-Jones
Buddhist Chaplain and Professor – University of Victoria