MIMI LUCERO, KICHWA
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Mimi is a member of the Kichwa Nation (Antisuyu, Talaj region of the Amazon, and San Cristóbal Galápagos, Ecuador). With an MSc in Biology and a bachelor's in Peace Justice & Conflict Studies with a double minor in Art and Ecology, Mimi specializes in the intersection of Indigenous knowledge systems and Western seed conservation. Through her practice, Inside The Husk, she collaborates with Indigenous communities and organizations across North and South America to continue improving seed-house protocols and ecotype seed conservation strategies.
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CHULI MESH, YUCATEC MAYA
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Hails from a community deeply rooted in traditional sustenance farming. Raised in an off-grid household relying on solar energy and rain collection, her family produces 75% of their consumed food. carries a Bachelor's in Natural Resource Management at the University of Belize, Chuli, aims to serve her community through agroforestry, agrobiodiversity, and traditional medicine. She co-founded Inside the Husk Foodways and manages oxmul, a mayan owned coffee company dedicated to reviving ancestral teachings on just food and community.
As we walk this journey, we do so together. Accompanied by the stories of thousands. ​Under the embrace of our ancestors and territories. The work we do comes from the complexities of our humanities. The community roles our families have sustained through time. And the love that kept the women in our families alive, birthing through land. The joy of living close to land and the hardships of living close to the land. We share what is most sacred to us, the social tissue of our communities, our land, and our families.