Jessica (she/they) is a multi-passionate artist currently living on Ahtna and Dena’ina lands in Palmer. Her mediums include textile art, laser cut wood, printmaking and digital art. She is a second generation Third Culture Kid (TCK), born in Finland and raised in the Netherlands by a father from the U.S. and a Finnish mother who was born and raised in Spain. Before moving to Alaska in 2015, Jessi lived in Scotland for 7 years where she completed her MSc in Environment and Development from the University of Edinburgh. Her work experience includes civic engagement and community organizing roles in various non-profit and grassroots organizations in Alaska over the last 9+ years where she has focused on arts in action - the intersection between art and community organizing. Jessi’s artwork has supported campaigns and movements for social and environmental justice across Alaska, and she is passionate about sharing the skills she has learned along the way.

Brandon ( he/they ) finds home and is a guest on Dena’ina lands near Chickaloon Village and the Matanuska River. They are a communications strategist, graphic designer, photographer and short-film producer, raised from European heritage on Abenaki lands near Portland, Maine.  They co-created "The True Cost of Coal,” an educational, visual narrative of social and economic intersections of coal extraction in Appalachia with The Beehive Design Collective in 2007 and have since been intimately engaged with climate justice campaigns around the world. Brandon (B) was a videographer on a film series documenting mega-dams and Indigenous land rights in Malaysian Borneo, and co-produced the film "Chuitna: More than Salmon on the Line", winner of Best Environmental Film at The International Wildlife Film Festival in 2015. Their most recent short documentary film about Brown Bear habitat adjacent to the proposed Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay premiered as part of the official selection at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival in 2020. He holds a B.A. in Natural History from Sterling College in Craftsbury, Vermont and is Alumni of the ReFrame Mentorship.