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OUR CONNECTED ALUMNI
Alessia Servin (She|They) is an artist, community organizer, and joy cultivator. As a first generation, Queer, Latinx femme she moves through the world looking to un-learn and de-colonize their life by constantly asking “why?”
A scholar at heart, Alessia is always looking for opportunities to teach and learn with those around her. They are always looking for new ways to feel inspired, create meaningful connections, and cultivate community. In their personal time Alessia is everything, everywhere all at once and doing it with tenderness, love, and care.
Clementina is an artist, researcher, and environmental scientist that is driven to imagine and implement radical visions. They hold a Masters degree in Climate Change, a Bachelors in Environmental Geoscience and a Certificate in Youth Climate Leadership. Building upon this educational foundation with several years of experience working for and with Indigenous organizations within Ontario, Clementina is committed to supporting holistic education towards interpersonal and planetary healing.
Recently, Clementina has taken a role with B Lab U.S. and Canada to support their Climate Justice team with their work on driving businesses to advance equitable climate action. They bring several years experience exploring equitable data collection, analysis and dissemination strategies through their work at Bakau Consulting. Their focus is on combining quantitative and qualitative data narratives and climate science to support an organization's climate action strategies.
Outside of her day job, Clementina has two years of facilitation experience for various projects on the topics of climate justice education, equitable design methods, and self-empowerment strategies. They are passionate about joy as radical resistance and about embracing the grief and absurdity of life. Clementina is most embodied when they are visiting Uruguay often, drinking mate at the beach, and cooking over a fire.
My name is Elvin J. Malonzo Velasco
(they/them/all pronouns)
community weaver / creative & wellness spacemaker
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Ancestral lineage from the archipelago we now colonially call The Philippines. Paternally rooted in the mountainous region of Baguio / Kafagway meaning moss honouring the Indigenous communities of The Ibalois & Igorot ; Maternally rooted in the wheat & grass field region of Tarlac / Malatarlak meaning abundant with tarlak grass honouring the Indigenous communities of The Aeta & Dumagat.
Tkaronto / Toronto / Treaty 13 ; the place in the water where the trees are standing ; the gathering place of Indigenous & First Nations communities, of which are Mississaugas of the New Credit, the Anishnabeg (ah-nish-naw-bek), the Chippewa (chi-puh-was), the Haudenosaunee (hoodt-en-oh-show-nee), Petun First Nations, and the Wendat peoples.
I support racialized Queer beings and communities in an accessibility forward lens. Reclaiming their creative birthright through spacious inner child healing and community centred creative and wellness space-making offerings as a co-creator of gumawa space.
Elvin.velasco@hotmail.com & www.gumawaspace.com
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