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"I believe that a beautiful future is possible, but I believe that we all need to go together and I don't wanna leave anyone behind. We all deserve to be well and human and deeply interconnected." Nikki Sanchez, Decolonize Together.\n\n"Nikki Sanchez (she/her) is a Pipil and Irish/Scottish academic, Indigenous media maker, and environmental educator. Nikki holds a master\u2019s degree in Indigenous Governance and is presently completing a Ph.D. with a research focus on emerging visual media technology as it relates to Indigenous ontology. Nikki is a board member of the Sierra Club BC, BC Women\u2019s Hospital, Photographers Without Borders, and a doctoral fellow at the Center for Religion and Society at the University of Victoria. She helped to design and direct the first-ever Indigenous Storyteller edition with Telus STORYHIVE; a project to provide funding and mentorship for 30 emerging Indigenous filmmakers in BC and Alberta. Nikki is the managing editor of Spirits of the Coast, the bestselling anthology of the Salish Sea Resident Orca published by Royal BC Museum publisher. Nikki had the honor of working for the David Suzuki Foundation as their, \u201cQueen of Green (queenofgreen.ca) where her work centered on environmental journalism, social media, and digital media creation to provide sustainable solutions for a healthy planet, as well as content creation to bring more racial and gender inclusivity into the environmental movement.\n\nAs an Indigenous media maker, Nikki\u2019s most recent project is the 8-part documentary VICELAND series \u201cRISE\u201d which focused on global Indigenous resurgence. RISE was debuted at Sundance in February 2017 and has received global critical acclaim, recently winning \u201cbest documentary\u201d at the Canadian Screen Guild Awards. Nikki is a TEDx speaker, her presentation is entitled \u201cDecolonization is for Everyone\u201d. She has been a wilderness guide and environmental educator in the Nuu-chah-nulth territory of Clayoquot Sound for over 10 years, where she was mentored by Nuu-chah-nulth elders Tsahsiits and Qaamina Sam. She is the creator and director of \u201cDecolonize Together\u201d a collective of Indigenous women who offer decolonial and anti-racism workshops and curriculum creation."