LEADERSHIP

Teal Farias (they/them) is a queer, Mexican migrant Social Anthropologist, dancer, performance artist, community organizer, and arts-based educator. With over a decade of experience in youth facilitation, cultural strategy, and antiracist program design, their work lives at the intersection of storytelling, social justice education, and collective liberation. Teal believes in the power of movement, art, and community to transform and connect. Rooted in cultural responsiveness and pleasure activism, they create participatory, trauma-aware spaces where embodied experiences become a source of collective knowledge. Whether through performance, workshops, or facilitation, Teal’s practice is centered on accountability, care, and healing. Through their creative and organizing work, Teal envisions a world where art is not only expression but a vital tool for social change. They weave together multiculturalism, diversity, and individual power—seeing art as a canvas for liberation. Teal is committed to deconstructing systems of oppression while cultivating joy, resilience, and collective freedom, and believes that a community that dances together, stays together.