Ceci Pineda (they/elle), Farm & Language Justice Assistant Manager, is a non-binary queer musician, land caretaker and facilitator. They sow seeds and songs for Tlalli (earth/land/soil), community liberation and relationships-based climate justice worlds. They love to tend to ancestral crops, compost piles and medicine among queer, trans* and BIPOC community. For over a decade, Ceci has been collaborating with nonprofits working to build community-based climate justice. Their climate resilience work is rooted in practices that further land regeneration while reciprocally healing our communities. Their work with BK ROT has been recognized by GRIST 50 and The Climate Resilience Project. They are currently the Co-Director of Brew & Forge and Emergent Forest. When not sweet talking to plants, you can find Ceci sharing meals and sitting with loved ones, singing to the trees and waters, or playing with their pup Yali.