LEONARDO MARTINEZ-DIAZ (he/him) - Founder and Director
Leo is a native of Mexico City and Chicago. He is an author, scholar, public servant, and climate activist who has worked for nearly two decades in the policy arena fighting for climate action, both in non-profit organizations and the federal government. His most recent book, with Alice C. Hill, is Building a Resilient Tomorrow: How to Prepare for the Coming Climate Disruption (Oxford University Press, 2019 and 2022). He is an amateur photographer.
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ALEXI SCHEIBER (she/her) - Artistic Coordinator
Alexi is an experimental animator and multidisciplinary artist currently in her final year of UMBC's Master of Fine Arts program, where she was awarded the RTKL Fellowship for her thesis work where she imagines restorative communities. She also works as an arts educator and is an Adjunct professor at UMBC. At the Crow's Nest, she is the first point of contact. ​
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Deesha is an Indian artist and curator based in Baltimore, currently pursuing her MFA in curatorial studies at MICA. Her practice is deeply informed by her lived experiences of working and collaborating with artists and art institutions in Mumbai, India. With dual Master’s degrees in History and Philosophy from University of Mumbai, she approaches contemporary, visual, conceptual, and public art through both historical and philosophical lenses.
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