Sunny is a third generation Queer Boricua from The Bronx, NY.  Her primary focus and career delve into the work of urban agriculture, community organizing, the arts and nightlife. Sunny uses music and food as tools for liberation. 

Within this collective Sunny is the Full Time Farm Manager, Property and Renovations Support while also switching hats for community organizing, fundraising and product development. 

Chloë is an outdoor educator who specializes in urban agriculture and political education for high-schoolers. As the first to have moved to CT from the Bronx, she is the administration and infrastructure lead for Ceiba Valley Farm, as well as part of the core grounds crew maintaining our growing fields and all structures. 

Zen Astrud is an artist and botanical designer of Trinidadian and Filipino descent from Brooklyn, New York. What they create serves as a reminder that beauty is always in some shape or form connected to our livelihood. This is an ideology of resistance and love supremacy.

Their role within the caretaking of Ceiba Valley Farm is to lead the production of Cut flowers as well as being lead caretaker of the Residential structures.

Jesenia Lopez is a Bronx based Dominican multi disciplinary artist specializing in Fashion, Education, and Graphic Design. Born in New York and raised in Lawrence, MA, community and sustainability have always been pillars in her work.

Within this collective Jesenia focuses on the marketing & branding aspects of Ceiba Valley Farm, merchandise ideation and production, developing workshops and programming, and as of recently joining the farm team and stewarding the land .

Demi Vera, a queer Puerto Rican multimedia artist and dedicated community coordinator from The Bronx, NYC, is committed to creating avenues of systemic change for marginalized communities. Their artistic journey spans photography, short films, and poetry, exploring intimate documentation and storytelling that delve into journeys of personal growth and vulnerability.

Their skills encompass project management, financial management, fundraising, and communication management. Demi collaborates with artists nationwide, leveraging their talents to drive meaningful change.

iiritu is a Bronx-born filmmaker and editor of Dominican and Borikén heritage. Her work centers on emotionally grounded storytelling that explores memory, nature, and the lasting imprint of lived experience.

Maya Nuñez is a Bronx native specializing in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning. Her commitment to enhancing community well-being through urban policy and planning sets her apart as a valuable member of her cohort. Maya brings a legal perspective to the forefront of discussion on enhancing housing policies to elevate the overall quality of life.

Her strengths will be in working with local governments and the SECCLT(Southeastern Connecticut Land Trust) to work towards further land sovereignty for BIPOC.

Stephanie Ayala is a New York City based multi-dimension artist exploring the practice of photography and glass. Her work is rooted in metaphysics, curiosity , and the ephemeral of life. Her connection to arts bring her to believing it’s important for us to have places where workshops, residency, and a place to connect with the spirit world. For artist to come together in order to create the changes needed to internal and external community. Inspire, to help put together workshop for artist who are seeking to have higher education.