Zaneta is a queer, multi-Filipinx interdisciplinary artist and nature field recordist, whose work addresses climate action from the internal and sacred experience. Drawing on their great-grandmother’s work as a hilot healer in the Philippines, Zaneta explores sound as a form of ecological care. While in residence, they will be finishing a long-term project, Invitations from the Land.

Zaneta is a queer, multi-Filipinx interdisciplinary artist and nature field recordist, whose work addresses climate action from the internal and sacred experience. Drawing on their great-grandmother’s work as a hilot healer in the Philippines, Zaneta explores sound as a form of ecological care. While in residence, they will be finishing a long-term project, Invitations from the Land.

Michelle Shofet and Larissa Belcic are co-founders of Nocturnal Medicine, a nonprofit studio for climate consciousness and cultural transformation. Founded in 2021, the collective weaves together nightlife, the healing arts, and design to reconnect us with our world and help us meet the environmental challenges of today. While at Strange HQ, the pair plans to use their time to dream up NM’s next chapter. After 10+ years of collaboration, our shape is changing and so is our vision for the way we serve our community.

Michelle Shofet and Larissa Belcic are co-founders of Nocturnal Medicine, a nonprofit studio for climate consciousness and cultural transformation. Founded in 2021, the collective weaves together nightlife, the healing arts, and design to reconnect us with our world and help us meet the environmental challenges of today. While at Strange HQ, the pair plans to use their time to dream up NM’s next chapter. After 10+ years of collaboration, our shape is changing and so is our vision for the way we serve our community.

Amirio Freeman and Kate Weiner are the co-creators of the Down to Earth Deck, a set of conversation cards curated to spark deeper connection to our earth and each other. Amirio is a writer, interviewer, and audio storyteller who explores the relationship between humans and our beyond-human kin through a Black, queer lens. Kate is the Founder and Co-Editor of Loam, the publishing branch of the Weaving Earth Center for Relational Education, as well as the Director of Loam Library, a mobile library and reading room in the Hudson Valley.

Amirio Freeman and Kate Weiner are the co-creators of the Down to Earth Deck, a set of conversation cards curated to spark deeper connection to our earth and each other. Amirio is a writer, interviewer, and audio storyteller who explores the relationship between humans and our beyond-human kin through a Black, queer lens. Kate is the Founder and Co-Editor of Loam, the publishing branch of the Weaving Earth Center for Relational Education, as well as the Director of Loam Library, a mobile library and reading room in the Hudson Valley.

Kyle Barnes and Olivia Tai are the creators of Chimeras Collective, an NYC-based worldbuilding practice re-enchanting urban ecologies. They build community and orchestrate interspecies gatherings: events, classes, and workshops that reimagine human-nonhuman relations. By prioritizing the fascinating, disgusting, and whimsical, they ask: Can science be embodied? Can wonder be a practice?  While at Strange HQ, Kyle and Olivia plan to write and design a playbook of chimeric exercises and facilitation methods.

Kyle Barnes and Olivia Tai are the creators of Chimeras Collective, an NYC-based worldbuilding practice re-enchanting urban ecologies. They build community and orchestrate interspecies gatherings: events, classes, and workshops that reimagine human-nonhuman relations. By prioritizing the fascinating, disgusting, and whimsical, they ask: Can science be embodied? Can wonder be a practice?  While at Strange HQ, Kyle and Olivia plan to write and design a playbook of chimeric exercises and facilitation methods.

Sheina Crystal and Mackenzie Feldman are the founders of Re:wild Your Campus, an organization on a mission to reduce and eliminate synthetic pesticide and fertilizer use on school grounds. To achieve this goal, they work with student and staff at schools across the country to transition to organic land care and to rewild areas of non-native plants. While at Strange HQ, they will be thinking big picture about their work, and savoring the opportunity to be together in person (as they normally collaborate remotely).

Sheina Crystal and Mackenzie Feldman are the founders of Re:wild Your Campus, an organization on a mission to reduce and eliminate synthetic pesticide and fertilizer use on school grounds. To achieve this goal, they work with student and staff at schools across the country to transition to organic land care and to rewild areas of non-native plants. While at Strange HQ, they will be thinking big picture about their work, and savoring the opportunity to be together in person (as they normally collaborate remotely).

Corrina Wainwright is a public health strategist and herbalist whose work bridges health equity, land-based healing, and ancestral traditions. Through Harlem Roots, she grows medicine, teaches herbalism, and stewards climate justice projects that reconnect BIPOC communities to the land, promote sustainability, and foster healing for people and the natural world. While retreating, she plans to slow down and listen for guidance from spirit and the plants to reclaim a rhythm of care that nourishes herself and her work.

Sanjana Paul Sanjana is a climate person - an engineer, educator, and graduate student in Environmental Policy and Planning at MIT. She co-founded Earth Hacks and Rooted Futures Lab, develops public tools and curriculum on environmental justice and technology, and has worked as a software developer at NASA and environmental researcher at MIT. At Strange HQ, she'll be taking time to reflect on how her scientific training, policy work, and community organizing intersect—and how to sustain this work long-term without burnout.

Sanjana Paul Sanjana is a climate person - an engineer, educator, and graduate student in Environmental Policy and Planning at MIT. She co-founded Earth Hacks and Rooted Futures Lab, develops public tools and curriculum on environmental justice and technology, and has worked as a software developer at NASA and environmental researcher at MIT. At Strange HQ, she'll be taking time to reflect on how her scientific training, policy work, and community organizing intersect—and how to sustain this work long-term without burnout.

Sanjana Paul Sanjana is a climate person - an engineer, educator, and graduate student in Environmental Policy and Planning at MIT. She co-founded Earth Hacks and Rooted Futures Lab, develops public tools and curriculum on environmental justice and technology, and has worked as a software developer at NASA and environmental researcher at MIT. At Strange HQ, she'll be taking time to reflect on how her scientific training, policy work, and community organizing intersect—and how to sustain this work long-term without burnout.

Jessica Angima is an artist, organizer, eco-dharma practitioner, and community gardener. Her work focuses on self-formation; using writing, photography, and dharma to explore the effects of specific environments on personal and collective awakening. She regularly hosts public programs exploring art, ecology, and contemplative practice within NYC green spaces. While retreating, she will be offline in silent meditation practice.

Jessica Angima is an artist, organizer, eco-dharma practitioner, and community gardener. Her work focuses on self-formation; using writing, photography, and dharma to explore the effects of specific environments on personal and collective awakening. She regularly hosts public programs exploring art, ecology, and contemplative practice within NYC green spaces. While retreating, she will be offline in silent meditation practice.

Emilyn Sosa is an Afro-Dominicanx herbalist and educator whose work is rooted in collective liberation and cultural memory. Blending ancestral wisdom with everyday practice, Emilyn fosters deep healing with the land  through workshops, storytelling, and ritual that nurture people, culture, and the natural world. While at The Strange, they will be embracing solitude and quiet reflection to prepare for future action with renewed clarity.

Emilyn Sosa is an Afro-Dominicanx herbalist and educator whose work is rooted in collective liberation and cultural memory. Blending ancestral wisdom with everyday practice, Emilyn fosters deep healing with the land  through workshops, storytelling, and ritual that nurture people, culture, and the natural world. While at The Strange, they will be embracing solitude and quiet reflection to prepare for future action with renewed clarity.

Abby Highland is a community organizer, nonprofit partner, geographer, gardener, and naturalist. A descendant of entomologists, artists, and agriculturalists, Abby helps led Brooklyn’s 462 Halsey Community Farm, building partnerships, expanding access to local harvest, and learning from the vital complexity that is urban greenspace. While in residence, Abby will be paying special attention to insect and bird behavior.

Abby Highland is a community organizer, nonprofit partner, geographer, gardener, and naturalist. A descendant of entomologists, artists, and agriculturalists, Abby helps led Brooklyn’s 462 Halsey Community Farm, building partnerships, expanding access to local harvest, and learning from the vital complexity that is urban greenspace. While in residence, Abby will be paying special attention to insect and bird behavior.

Jen Maramba, Shaina-Sarah Agbayani, and Benette Baguisa collaborate on Greenhouse Theatre, an ecosystem of nomadic and diasporic scarborough-rooted artists engaging the arts to catalyze legacies of regenerative consciousness and creative resilience. While in residence, the plan to engage in a regenerative research process to embody best practices for hosting and facilitating residencies across borders.

Jen Maramba, Shaina-Sarah Agbayani, and Benette Baguisa collaborate on Greenhouse Theatre, an ecosystem of nomadic and diasporic scarborough-rooted artists engaging the arts to catalyze legacies of regenerative consciousness and creative resilience. While in residence, the plan to engage in a regenerative research process to embody best practices for hosting and facilitating residencies across borders.

Eushavia Bogan is a future physician who believes environmental sustainability is central to public health. Rooted in the food sovereignty movement, they are dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary care models that integrate ecological justice, art, science, and joy to foster collective healing and holistic community well-being. At the Strange Foundation, Eushavia will focus on strategic planning for a research project exploring the intersections of agroecology, environmental health, health equity, and holistic healing.

Eushavia Bogan is a future physician who believes environmental sustainability is central to public health. Rooted in the food sovereignty movement, they are dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary care models that integrate ecological justice, art, science, and joy to foster collective healing and holistic community well-being. At the Strange Foundation, Eushavia will focus on strategic planning for a research project exploring the intersections of agroecology, environmental health, health equity, and holistic healing.

Connie Liu is a designer and researcher investigating how we can apply ecological cycles to the internet. Specifically, she's interested in the accumulation of data as a form of digital waste, and has created a decaying online canvas where links eventually disappear as a way to explore new practices for internet-based archives. While at Strange HQ, Connie will be reflecting on the Beta-testing process of her app, and creating a field guide explaining the values behind the app.

Connie Liu is a designer and researcher investigating how we can apply ecological cycles to the internet. Specifically, she's interested in the accumulation of data as a form of digital waste, and has created a decaying online canvas where links eventually disappear as a way to explore new practices for internet-based archives. While at Strange HQ, Connie will be reflecting on the Beta-testing process of her app, and creating a field guide explaining the values behind the app.

TD Tso is a writer, editor, cultural organizer, and community gardener based in Lenapehoking (Brooklyn), who leads composting efforts at two Bed-Stuy community gardens and created the Bed-Stuy Community Compost Syllabus as a resource for the community. TD is co-editor for a forthcoming anthology on Black-Asian feminist solidarity for Haymarket Books, We Are Each Other’s Liberation. While retreating, TD's goal is to ideate ways to transform her ecological research, trainings, and skill-building into writing and art to share with her communities.

TD Tso is a writer, editor, cultural organizer, and community gardener based in Lenapehoking (Brooklyn), who leads composting efforts at two Bed-Stuy community gardens and created the Bed-Stuy Community Compost Syllabus as a resource for the community. TD is co-editor for a forthcoming anthology on Black-Asian feminist solidarity for Haymarket Books, We Are Each Other’s Liberation. While retreating, TD's goal is to ideate ways to transform her ecological research, trainings, and skill-building into writing and art to share with her communities.