Ashia Ajani (they/she) is a queer Black environmental educator & storyteller based in Eugene, OR, the unceded territory of the Kalapuya peoples (though they consider Denver, CO, Queen City of the the Plains their forever home). Their work explores the layered relationship between members of the Black diaspora, environmental & climate. Her words have been published in Them., Frontier Poetry, Exposition Review & Sierra Magazine, among other places. Check out their work at ashiaajani.com.