Jessa Calderon

Jessa Calderon is of the Tongva, Chumash, Yoeme Nations. She is the Land, Water, and Climate Justice Director at Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples. Jessa has held talks, presentations, workshops, and teach-ins with Universities around the world, including the University of California Los Angeles, Arizona State University, University of Konstanz, and more. She was a Fellow in the inaugural cohort for the Partners Advancing Climate Equity (PACE) Fellowship offered by the California Strategic Growth Council in 2021 and a recipient of the Artists at Work Fellowship sponsored by THE OFFICE performing arts + film and the Los Angeles County Department of Arts & Culture in 2022, and a Fellow for 2023-2024 California Arts Council’s CA Creative Corps Fellowship.