Kailea Loften

Guest Editor, Kailea Loften is a mother of Tahltan, Kaska, and Black American ancestry. She is coeditor of the community publisher Loam and has guided climate change policy with an emphasis on Indigenous rights, having previously served as a Climate Commissioner for the City of Petaluma, California. Co-author of the book Compassion in Crisis: Building Disaster-Resilient Communities, she remains dedicated to using storytelling to shift culture. You can contact her through kailealoften.com.