A joy activist. Devin Longfellow is moved by radical collaboration, youth/women’s empowerment, and facilitating heart-led events. She founded a nature school for children in Hawai’i to freely express themselves and develop a personal relationship with the natural world. Dedicated to freedom, creativity, and saying ‘yes’ to each moment, she celebrates the Chrysalis vision which gives adults permission to be kids again..In their joy and authentic expression.

For over 25 years, Vanessa Stone has served as a visionary, teacher, humanitarian leader, inspired speaker, group facilitator, and mentor. Founder of The Amala Foundation and One Village Project, Vanessa is devoted to co-create in service with community, and continue to mentor and inspire people from all over the world to put voice to vision, serve creation, study nature, realize authentic freedom and live for the soul.

Nick LaHaise is a basket weaver, green wood worker, carpenter, chef, and teacher.  He has studied various traditional arts, wilderness skills, deep nature connection mentoring,  and rites of passage over the last decade.  Nick currently organizes Buckeye Gathering, a weeklong ancestral skills gathering, teaches woodworking at a Wild River Waldorf School in Truckee, and guides Wilderness Fasts through the School of Lost Borders.  He has been weaving baskets and teaching willow basketry for over 10 years, and is growing a small plot of basketry willow in Sierra Valley, where he lives with his family.

April works with climate startups and humanitarian nonprofits, creating systems and running operations through a heartfelt, people first lens. She guides backpacking trips through the Grand Canyon and mountain biking adventures in Sedona, blending her love for nature with her commitment to helping others connect with the outdoors and themselves.