Our Team
Our team is made up of students of the outdoors. We have careers outside of Braided Seeds, but our shared vision of seeing more BIPOC outdoors unites us. Learn about how we fell in love with the outdoors and our favorite ways to get outside below.
Our Staff
Ashleigh Shoecraft (she/her)
Executive Director
Earliest Outdoor Memory: Playing in my parent’s backyard
Favorite Outdoor Activities: foraging, white water rafting, gardening
Cathy Jackson (she/her)
Programs + Outreach Assistant
Earliest Outdoor Memory: Gardening with my parents in Minneapolis and the smell of fresh soil.
Favorite Outdoor Activities: Camping, swimming, color walks, urban sketching.
Miyah Owens (she/they)
Administrative Assistant
Earliest Outdoor Memory: Hours spent on the playground with friends!
Favorite Outdoor Activities: forest bathing, gardening, walking, listening to water
Taylor Tibbs (she/they)
Community Engagement Coordinator
Earliest Outdoor Memory: Picking blackberries with their Uncle for a blackberry cobbler!
Favorite Outdoor Activities: Camping with family near the ocean with all the dogs.
Tina Guevara (she/her)
Youth + Family Programs Coordinator
Earliest outdoor memory: digging for sand fleas at the beach with my grandpa
Favorite outdoor activities: floating in the water, biking, picnics on the beach, smelling flowers and herbs
Our Board
Corina Rendón (she/her)
Earliest Outdoor Memory: Some of my earliest outdoor memories are playing outside with my neighbor friends and adventuring around our neighborhood.
Favorite Outdoor Activities: Hanging out on my deck or in my hammock, gardening, walking my dog, bike riding, hiking, camping
Taylor Jones (she/her)
Early Outdoor Memory: Camping with my family, and remembering Ashleigh rolling the car on that camping trip
Favorite Outdoor Activities: hiking, camping, river floating, gardening; chasing waterfalls
Charissa Bass (she/her)
Earliest Outdoor Memory: A giant camp-out in our backyard with 60+ kids invited from the Union Gospel Mission where my mom worked.
Favorite Outdoor Activities: camping; sleeping outdoors; stargazing; spending time on the tropical beach
Sarijana Clark (she/her)
Earliest Outdoor Memory: Show and tell experience
in the 2nd grade, bringing my horse to school and discussing horsemanship.
Favorite Outdoor Activities: volunteering at a therapeutic horseback riding center, camping,
beginner hiking, fishing
Vincent Kwan (he/him)
Earliest outdoor memory: Working with my grandma in the garden
Favorite Outdoor Activities: Enjoying a night near the water and watching the sunset
Desiree Taylor (she/her)
Earliest outdoor memory: Making mud pies in my grandmother’s garden
Favorite Outdoor Activities: Gardening, lounging by the lake, hiking