We are a group of innovative, passionate young people who believe in the power of youth organizing.
We are a collaborative team committed to using our talents towards impactful and critically-minded work. We know that there is always room for improvement so when we are constructively critiqued, we grow and do better.
OUR CORE COLLECTIVE
Aletta Brady
FOUNDER & VISIONING DIRECTOR
Aletta (they) is a queer writer, organizer, and strategist from Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a member of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO's Youth Working Group, and a former Fulbright Research Fellow in Jordan. They are trilingual in English, Spanish, and Levantine Arabic. They previously worked as a Program Analyst at the EPA and a Research Associate at the Environmental Law Institute. They are passionate about the power of storytelling, climate justice, and youth organizing. They received their B.A. with Honors from Wesleyan University in 2015. In their free time, they love rowing, boxing, and biking along the Mississippi.
Abby Haley
AUDIO VISUAL STORYTELLER
Abby (she/her) is a digital content creator, low waste advocate, and high waist enthusiast with a commitment to building community through storytelling and creative arts programming. She has a B.A. in Documentary film from Ithaca College, where she also studied Art History and International Politics. Abby is a two time Observer to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, who loves books, the beach, and her rescue pit bull, Jude.
Khari Slaughter
DIRECTOR OF DESIGN
Khari (he/him) is a UI/UX/Graphic Designer with a passion for finding engaging solutions to design problems. He is currently based in Berlin, Germany. He graduated from Wesleyan University with his B.A. in Sociology in 2013. When he is not designing, he’s likely working on music, running, or cooking. You can view more of his design work here.
Sophia Longsworth
DIRECTOR OF WRITTEN CONTENT
Sophia (she/her) is a proud native of Grenada, the spice island of the West Indies. She is an
environmental justice and climate change activist living in New York City.
She graduated with her BSc. in Life Science and MPH from St. George’s University in Grenada, and MSc.
in Natural Resource and Environmental Management from the University of the West Indies in
Barbados. She is currently an Environmental Science lecturer with the City University of New York and
enjoys exercising, watching documentaries, and spending time with her family.
Kiana Michaan
ACTING CO-VISIONING DIRECTOR
Kiana Michaan (she/her) is a climate justice organizer and renewable energy enthusiast from New York City. She works in solar energy as a Project Coordinator at Sologistics. She has previously worked on solar projects with WE ACT for Environmental Justice and currently serves as an advisory panel member for Diversity in Sustainability. Kiana is passionate about advancing diversity in renewable energy, equity in climate action, and justice for frontline communities. In her free time, she enjoys dancing, hiking, and vegan baking.
Kia Johnson
LISTENING SERIES COORDINATOR
Kia is a researcher, powerful social justice advocate, and youth worker from St. Paul, Minnesota. She is an organizer with low-income and homeless communities in the Twin Cities, and works as a personal trainer encouraging women to embrace their thickness while staying fit. She graduated from the University of St. Thomas in 2013 with a B.A. in Biology and Spanish. After graduation, she completed an English Teaching Fulbright in Lima, Peru. In her free time, you can find her in the gym, gaming, or dancing with friends.
OUR FELLOWS, AND VISITING CREATIVES &TEAM MEMBERS
Meg Perret
PROJECT DIRECTOR, INTERSECTIONAL FEMINISM
Meg (she/her) is a scholar-activist committed to bringing intersectional feminism to the climate justice movement. She is a PhD candidate in history of science and women, gender & sexuality studies at Harvard University. Meg is a recipient of the presidential scholarship, which recognizes the top admitted graduate students at Harvard for their leadership and innovation potential in both public policy and academia. Her dissertation, The Future is Species-Queer: Race, Gender & Sexuality in the Sciences of the Biodiversity Crisis, examines the rhetoric, metaphor, and images that scientists use to conceptualize and depict their research on species extinctions. Meg graduated with highest honors from UC Berkeley as a triple major in Integrative Biology; Gender and Women’s Studies; and Interdisciplinary Studies: Science, Technology & Society.
Alexandra Lyn
STORYTELLING FELLOW
Alexandra (she/her) is a recent architecture graduate passionate about urbanism, sustainability, and equitable development. She is one of the founders of the Diversity Working Group at the Carleton School of Architecture -- a group dedicated to advocating for equitable curriculums and learning opportunities, and fostering understanding and activism on BIPOC issues in the design community. Alex enjoys reading in the park, upcycling found items, and making collages.
Chelsea Call
ART PROGRAM MANAGER
Chelsea (she/they) is a queer artist, art therapist, and educator living in the high desert of Santa Fe, New Mexico (unceded, occupied Tewa land). She holds an MA in Counseling and Art Therapy from Southwestern College and currently teaches counseling psychology at Sofia University. Chelsea is the Artist in Residency coordinator at Loam, a movement of creative activists working in environmental justice. Passionate about exploring grief in the climate crisis, Chelsea has participated in artist residences with Land Arts of the American West and Bilpin Center for International Creative Initiatives in Australia. In her free time she loves practicing yoga, hiking, skiing, and dancing.
Iris Samputu
STORYTELLING FELLOW
Iris (she/her) is a chemical engineering researcher working as a masters student in the design of carbon capture membranes. She is interested in bridging the gap between online grassroots climate change activism and academia. She has a BSc in Biochemistry and a BASc in Chemical engineering. In her free time she enjoys biking, painting, swimming and hanging out with friends and family.
Esthefany Castillo
DIGITAL CONTENT DIRECTOR
Esthefany Castillo (she/they) is a queer Dominican-American multimedia artist who works as a content creator and digital strategist. Esthefany manages digital media initiatives for OCV and will be serving as an Executive Producer and Director of Photography of Police in Our Climate: A Storytelling Series. She will also be the local liaison in New York City. Esthefany is a creative writer, graphic designer, and photographer. Esthefany has documented success in supporting women-founded initiatives with her digital expertise, producing wellness content, and coordinating production for music videos and commercials. For Esthefany, climate advocacy is not only about protecting the environment, but also about protecting the wellness of the low-income communities being disproportionately affected at higher rates by it.
Tal Fox
CREATIVE CONTRIBUTOR
Tal (she/her) is a Jewish city planner, dancer, and activist interested in the intersection of climate change, care, and maintenance—of infrastructure, public services, environment, community, livelihood, home, and identity. When she's not creating with the OCV team, Tal supports public sector entities with climate change adaptation and infrastructure planning; and enjoys thinking about equitable municipal waste management, reflecting on how bodies and brains hold anxiety, and feeding roasted vegetables to pals on Friday nights. Tal holds a Master’s in City Planning from MIT and a B.A. in Linguistics from Harvard.
Angel Nwadibia
STORYTELLING FELLOW
Angel is a recent high school graduate from Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland who has been organizing for the past four years. As the co-founder and president of her school’s Student Demand Action chapter, hub lead of her community’s Sunrise chapter, and the Creative Lead of the Connecticut chapter of US Youth Climate Strikes, Angel has worked closely with her community’s Climate Action Network on various environmental issues. Angel hopes to double major in environmental studies and political science in the future so that she can be better positioned to fight the climate issues that most directly affect poor Black and Latinx communities.