Having grown up in nature-abundant West Virginia as well as interacting with her family’s well-attended farm in Kenya, Anastasia recognizes how interdepence is key for the health of us and our surrounding ecologies. She has a background in implementing art-based public health interventions that rely on leveraging culture. She hopes to continue these efforts by deepening her understanding of environmental justice as she aims to be a holistic healer for her communities. Through traditional Kamba basket weaving, her project explores "What would it feel like to be beyond “resilience”? by showcasing the generational love and knowledge espoused by her grandma and the emotional connection her grandma has to their land.

I'm a non-binary, biracial geoscientist who studies how living things make crystals and the responses to climate change. I was born in raised in rural Virginia before moving to Los Angeles for graduate school. Part of my personal growth over the last decade has been coming into and reflecting on my identities: neither, both, and beyond. My narrative manifests my multitudes, weaving togethers the threads of my scientific training, my queer explorations, and my family's history.

Hello & Salam, I’m Byssan, a Moroccan storyteller at heart, artist, activist, and university student with a background in STEM and humanities. I come from a place where resilience is woven into every part of life, and where communities have always adapted, innovated, and thrived despite immense challenges. This spirit of resilience drives my passion for social and climate justice, as I explore the interconnectedness and intersectionality of our world to drive meaningful change.
Inspired by Morocco’s ancient storytelling tradition, "Hikayat", my Climate Storytelling 2075 project integrates Indigenous wisdom, long a source of sustainable practices, with cutting-edge science to create climate-resilient solutions, moving beyond Western-centric approaches.
Storytelling, to me, is the voice of the unheard—a tool for empowerment that bridges past and future, harmonizing tradition and innovation. It is time to give women and Indigenous peoples the stage to lead change. We have always been here; now it is time to listen.

Cindy is a researcher, facilitator, and storyteller who is currently completing her Master in City Planning degree at MIT. She is passionate about the intersection of climate change and community health, particularly as it relates to education, advocacy, and community-building. She grew up in from Los Angeles, and for her storytelling project, she hopes to write an epistolary story that takes place between two sisters and explores the intersection of global environmental change, transnationalism, and disability justice.

Crystal is a proud first-generation latina born and raised in Los Angeles. She just started her master’s program within the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department at UCLA. She is passionate about engaging with local communities to conduct marine biomonitoring research. She is interested in creating authentic relationships with underserved communities and amplifying their voices. She aims to do this by creating a short documentary showcasing how Spanish-speaking communities throughout Los Angeles imagine the future. Crystal believes that in order for one to envision a desirable climate future in the year 2075, there must be recognition that one's own Utopia is not universal.

Harmony Richards is a Los Angeles based multi-hyphenate entrepreneur and artist working at the intersection of cultural preservation, fashion, and climate justice. Her Japanese-Filipino heritage and passion for sustainability is integral to all of her work. She draws from her background to explore the concept of “Farmer Armor” in 2075, an upcycled uniform made from materials like deadstock fabric or garment waste, offers a vision of what it would be like to farm in a world where we evolve and adapt to climate change. Our survival depends on reverting to the old ways and building wealth in resources.

I'm Joshua (they/he), I was born on Treaty 2 Territory but currently live upon the lands of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tseil-Waututh peoples. I am a community-engaged eco-artist with a professional background in media arts, environmental fieldwork, and community programming, focusing primarily on ethical interactions with so-called invasive plants. I plan to collaborate with North American-introduced English Plantain to produce a sculptural and text work, exploring current and future relations between itself and Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly, who has come to depend upon the plant in bringing its populations back from the brink of extinction. Through a storied history of shifting ecosystems, I work with "weeds" and other discarded materials to unpack their broader relations to the ecosystems they hold and that which holds them.

Katherine KY Cheng is an independent photographer and visual storyteller whose work explores the lost relationship between humans and nature in our modern world — and its rediscovery. Her practice is rooted in sensory immersive experiences and documentary on-the-ground storytelling, whether capturing the inherent natural world from within or amplifying the voices of communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

Through her lens, she seeks to bridge the gap between humanity and environmental realities by fostering connection, awareness, and action. Her project investigates the layered histories and potential futures of our collective landscape through visual media, engaging with the conceptualization of parallel realities to radically reimagine our place within the natural world.

Kristen Howard is a scientist, storyteller, UCLA Center for Diverse Leadership Fellow, and Climate Resilience Fellow with a background in ecology and evolutionary biology. As a Black woman, she is passionate about bridging science, ancestral knowledge, and creative expression to reimagine just climate futures. Through data-driven storytelling, digital collage, and Afrofuturist art in RStudio, Kristen transforms climate data into visual narratives that connect environmental science with African American spiritual traditions. Her work envisions a 2075 where Black communities thrive, technology serves liberation, and climate justice is realized through collective memory, resistance, and the wisdom of ancestors who have long understood how to live in balance with the Earth.

My name is Elizabeth Dawson, a Black Queer artist, philosopher, and cheesemonger from Saint Louis, Missouri. My interests lie in ethical philosophy,  jewelry-making, and the intersections between psychology and personal spiritual practice.

In my Climate Storytelling 2075 project, I want to explore traditional African rituals surrounding ancestry and community as a way to heal from the challenges of modernity. Using African dance and costume in conjunction to concepts of Drag Performance as “a way of being,” I want to create my own ritual for Black queer people of the future to uplift themselves with.

Laiyonelth Hurtado is an Afro-Colombian interdisciplinary artist based in New York since 2017, exploring the intersections of art, fashion, environmentalism, storytelling, and social justice—a Remake ambassador since 2023 and a believer of hope and joy as a force for change. An HBCU graduate with a bachelor's in political science and international relations, with a keen interest in humanizing the climate crisis and helping people reconnect with one another and Mother Earth. Laiyonelth is a community builder and co-founder of Synergy Social, a wellness community that promotes social justice through the lens of fun and play.
Working with Summer, we aim to create a biomaterial dome where visitors can enter to explore fashion’s role in 2075 through craftsmanship, community, and sustainable design, with hands-on activities like material development, garment appreciation, and other forms of handwork. This immersive experience will showcase a future where fashion heals the land, nurtures the environment, and empowers individuals to become active creators, not just consumers.

Lovinia Summer (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based climate nerd excited about imagining a just regenerative future. She works in renewable energy and writes sci-fi stories to bring that future into reality.

Makayla Smith is a multidisciplinary artist born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised in Davenport, Iowa, whose work centers on ecological systems and social justice. She plans on attending an MFA studio art program after graduating with her BFA at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in the spring of 2025. Her work calls upon eco-innovation, urgency, and hopefulness. She is passionate about the intersection of different systems and plans to focus on how artificial light pollution, access to the night sky, social justice, and climate change can affect our sustainable futures.

Mariana Castro Azpíroz graduated with a BSc in Molecular Biology from UAM-C in Mexico City, has a background in science communication, and is currently pursing an MFA in Creative Writing and Environment with a minor in Journalism and Mass Communication at Iowa State University. She is a Research Assistant for the Central Midwest Climate Opportunities & Learning (Co-Learn), a NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnership program, where she uses storytelling strategies to work with with underrepresented groups and co-create knowledge, build climate resilience, and kickstart sustainable projects. She enjoys spending time outdoors in Nature and is interested in analyzing how language shapes our understanding of the world and our relationships with the environment. Through her project combining nonfiction, collage, and writing prompts, she seeks to create hopeful narratives around the climate crisis by incorporating alternative worldviews and ethics of care.

Composer, trumpeter, and educator Michael R. Dudley Jr. has developed a career branching in multiple directions and defying conventions of genre. Michael's project will feature a long-form music composition for jazz ensemble, paired with a short story about their hometown of Cincinnati developing into an idyllic climate refuge and hub for accessible, sustainable development. The project will combine influences from Indigenous authors such as Sherri Mitchell and Robin Wall Kimmerer, Black/Afrofuturist literature, as well as some research into sustainable urban development in order to show a realistic portrayal of how culture-cultivated efforts towards sustainability will lead to a desirable future for all peoples.

Pamela Lira is a geologist, researcher, and youth environment leader from Leyte, Philippines with a mission to bridge climate and energy justice with communities. A dedicated climate advocate and accomplished writer, she has earned recognition in both local and international writing competitions while practicing her advocacy at Youth Strike 4 Climate Philippines and SEED4Com (Sustainable Energy and Environment for Communities). Pam leads Project KARTANG-ISIP (kathang-isip—fiction, and karta—map) is a climate fiction atlas that blends storytelling with geovisualization, mapping a hopeful climate-resilient Philippines 50 years into the future. Rooted in science and culture, this anthology of short stories—spanning multiple genres and written in English and Tagalog—seeks to reframe climate change as a narrative still unfolding, where resilience and possibility take center stage.

Rachel is an environmental educator, conservationist, and emerging climate futurist from Cincinnati, Ohio. Her work explores the intersection of ecology, Midwestern culture, and climate adaptation, blending realism with creative speculation to help others navigate challenging futures. Her project envisions the transformative potential of the death industry, asking: How could a widespread shift to green burial practices restore natural areas, better support mental well-being, and strengthen communities as they rediscover how to reconnect, celebrate, and grieve well, together?

Robin is a scriptwriter with a background in business development, marketing, and sustainability. His climate passions include sustainable agriculture and infrastructure, having earned the Living Future Accreditation (LFA) for expertise in regenerative design and systems thinking. Deeply interested in biomimicry, he explores how nature-inspired solutions can minimize environmental impact and create sustainable materials and systems. His work integrates storytelling with a commitment to ecological and climate-conscious innovation.

shirene is a photographer and visual artist from los angeles. deeply rooted in their identity as a child of iranian immigrants, their body of work focuses primarily on the relationships between people and place. shirene's climate futures project will explore relationships to homeland, belonging, and the extraction of resources as they relate to the physical space of the desert and the metaphysical realities of living in diaspora.

Summer Dean, aka Climate Diva, is an environmental creative, slow fashion advocate, and climate educator dedicated to healing our broken relationship with the Earth. With a background in environmental science from Portland State University and experience spanning renewable energy, climate science, policy advocacy, air quality science, and zero-emissions mobility, she merges expertise with storytelling to inspire action. Through Climate Diva Media, she crafts interdisciplinary content and consulting services that weave sustainability into fashion, wellness, and climate conversations. Summer’s work spans creative direction, film production, and social media, making sustainability accessible and engaging across industries.

Working with Laiyonelth, we aim to create a biomaterial dome where visitors can enter to explore fashion’s role in 2075 through craftsmanship, community, and sustainable design, with hands-on activities like material development, garment appreciation, and other forms of handwork. This immersive experience will showcase a future where fashion heals the land, nurtures the environment, and empowers individuals to become active creators, not just consumers.

Victoria Fauve Desvaux’s practice focuses on encouraging hopeful environmental narratives, that enable the emergence of positive environmental futures centering the well-being of both people and the ‘more-than-human world’, through innovative sustainable project design, implementation & scale-up, organizing, community building and cultivation of creative projects. Victoria Fauve Desvaux’s work embraces her engagement in community work, permaculture and circular economy at large, and aims to be powered by Joy and Radical Imagination, not as dismissal of the different crises and emergencies we currently live through but rather as the positioning of Joy and Imagination as acts of resistance, systems of care, antidotes to apathy and catalysts for new narratives to emerge. 

Yumi Rodriguez's background lies at the intersection of art, biodiversity, and spirituality. A diverse academic background in the arts, climate science, veterinary medicine, and yoga, give her a special sensitivity towards more than human creatures (insects, flora, fauna, etc.) and an appreciation for cultures that are often marginalized. Yumi's project grapples with climate anxiety and escapism, drawing from her life experiences and friends to create afro-indigenous stories, creatures, and characters in her imagination. Yumi hopes that by sharing these visions, she can inspire new perspectives to animate the public to care for our shared world.