Yusuf Young
Yusuf imagines a world where everyone lives in a safe, peaceful community where conflict is resolved without violence. Drawing from his experience as a public school teacher, he plans to spend his year supporting schools and working with adolescents who have been suspended or expelled and teaching them conflict resolution skills and emotional regulation practices.
Yusuf imagines a world where everyone lives in a safe, peaceful community where conflict is resolved without violence. Drawing from his experience as a public school teacher, he plans to spend his year supporting schools and working with adolescents who have been suspended or expelled and teaching them conflict resolution skills and emotional regulation practices.
Susannah Staats
Imagine a world where gender non-conforming kids thrive and unleash their super powers through the unwavering, empowering support of their parents, caregivers, and the adults around them. This year, Susannah will focus on researching how she might create the vision, find a national partner, and build out a set of tools to help parents help their kids become their authentic selves.
Imagine a world where gender non-conforming kids thrive and unleash their super powers through the unwavering, empowering support of their parents, caregivers, and the adults around them. This year, Susannah will focus on researching how she might create the vision, find a national partner, and build out a set of tools to help parents help their kids become their authentic selves.
Pomy Singh
Pomy envisions a world where patients have more power in their own healthcare. She will spend the year speaking with industry leaders, building alliances with healthcare providers, and prototyping her solution that gives patients more control in their healthcare choices and costs.
Pomy envisions a world where patients have more power in their own healthcare. She will spend the year speaking with industry leaders, building alliances with healthcare providers, and prototyping her solution that gives patients more control in their healthcare choices and costs.
Tasha Russman
Tasha envisions a healthy housing system. In the US, this is intrinsically tied to our transition to a more extreme climate -- to successfully adapt as a society, we must start with our homes and our economy. To this end, Tasha recently founded HomeVitals, which couples building information with climate models to ensure a more resilient built environment. In the next year, she will validate initial assumptions, clarify initial product-market-fit, and set the foundation for HomeVitals to scale successfully in the future.
Tasha envisions a healthy housing system. In the US, this is intrinsically tied to our transition to a more extreme climate -- to successfully adapt as a society, we must start with our homes and our economy. To this end, Tasha recently founded HomeVitals, which couples building information with climate models to ensure a more resilient built environment. In the next year, she will validate initial assumptions, clarify initial product-market-fit, and set the foundation for HomeVitals to scale successfully in the future.
Anne Hamilton
Anne envisions a world where no one is afraid of death because they have the rituals and framework to give it meaning and make it enlivening. Her goal during the fellowship year is to design and pilot a 5 Day retreat -- a modern "Garden of Epicurus" experience -- centered around death anxiety and informed by ancient wisdom, existentialism, psychotherapy, and mysticism.
Anne envisions a world where no one is afraid of death because they have the rituals and framework to give it meaning and make it enlivening. Her goal during the fellowship year is to design and pilot a 5 Day retreat -- a modern "Garden of Epicurus" experience -- centered around death anxiety and informed by ancient wisdom, existentialism, psychotherapy, and mysticism.
Sikander Bizenjo
Sikander envisions a world where indigenous communities have the agency to bring their own ideas into action. Continuing his work as the co-founder of the Balochistan Youth Action Committee (BYAC), a youth-driven grassroots organization in southwestern Pakistan, he will work with young people, empowering them to become change agents for their communities.
Sikander envisions a world where indigenous communities have the agency to bring their own ideas into action. Continuing his work as the co-founder of the Balochistan Youth Action Committee (BYAC), a youth-driven grassroots organization in southwestern Pakistan, he will work with young people, empowering them to become change agents for their communities.
Jack Carey
Jack imagines a world in which diverse, skilled networks of young people connect through shared rituals, experiences, and values, and as they build social capital together they become better equipped to pursue their individual and collective dreams.
Jack imagines a world in which diverse, skilled networks of young people connect through shared rituals, experiences, and values, and as they build social capital together they become better equipped to pursue their individual and collective dreams.
Heidi Weiskel
Heidi envisions a world in which environmental jurisprudence is strengthened by bringing scientific expertise without bias to justices around the world. She will spend the coming year launching this vision of a better world by meeting with judges, lawyers, and scientists, testing training materials, researching legal cases, and building the institute, SMART*J.
Heidi envisions a world in which environmental jurisprudence is strengthened by bringing scientific expertise without bias to justices around the world. She will spend the coming year launching this vision of a better world by meeting with judges, lawyers, and scientists, testing training materials, researching legal cases, and building the institute, SMART*J.
Han Yan Yuen
Han Yan imagines a world where journalists who work in difficult environments are able to operate without repercussion. Drawing from her years of experience in media and the non-profit sector, she will spend her time with the Mira fellowship to innovate infrastructure that will assist journalists in conflict-zones and repressive countries.
Han Yan imagines a world where journalists who work in difficult environments are able to operate without repercussion. Drawing from her years of experience in media and the non-profit sector, she will spend her time with the Mira fellowship to innovate infrastructure that will assist journalists in conflict-zones and repressive countries.
Dart Lindsley
Dart imagines a world in which every workplace is an engine for designing and delivering work that makes employees feel whole and alive. He will spend the year developing management tools and supporting instructional materials, and growing a partner ecosystem for coaching and distribution.
Dart imagines a world in which every workplace is an engine for designing and delivering work that makes employees feel whole and alive. He will spend the year developing management tools and supporting instructional materials, and growing a partner ecosystem for coaching and distribution.
Apekshita Varshney
Apekshita Varshney imagines a world where social justice is at the core of development as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation. She will spend the year building knowledge and alliances to draw awareness and action around the impact of climate-change induced extreme heat.
Apekshita Varshney imagines a world where social justice is at the core of development as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation. She will spend the year building knowledge and alliances to draw awareness and action around the impact of climate-change induced extreme heat.
Sudarshan Mahajan
Sudarshan has been developing the curriculum of the Tiny Monkey Stage programme to help children grow up to be confident, emotionally intelligent and creatively prolific. With almost 50 in person events conducted in 2023 and over 200+ hours of virtual coaching, Sudarshan has developed frameworks for contemplation and storytelling that could be used by children anywhere in the world.
Sudarshan has been developing the curriculum of the Tiny Monkey Stage programme to help children grow up to be confident, emotionally intelligent and creatively prolific. With almost 50 in person events conducted in 2023 and over 200+ hours of virtual coaching, Sudarshan has developed frameworks for contemplation and storytelling that could be used by children anywhere in the world.
Heather Tsavaris
During her fellowship year Heather engaged military veterans to figure out how to prevent veteran suicide and increase their own sense of belonging after service. Together they co-designed several new solutions that are being used today. Heather believes that those who are rarely asked are our greatest design resource. They know the problems because they live them. By activating communities of lived experts to address the problems they care most about, we can solve big issues and build stronger communities.
Through her organization, Atoma, Heather is building a world where activating the knowledge, skills and expertise of all of us improves our individual lives and brings together communities to solve the hardest problems our societies face.
During her fellowship year Heather engaged military veterans to figure out how to prevent veteran suicide and increase their own sense of belonging after service. Together they co-designed several new solutions that are being used today. Heather believes that those who are rarely asked are our greatest design resource. They know the problems because they live them. By activating communities of lived experts to address the problems they care most about, we can solve big issues and build stronger communities.
Through her organization, Atoma, Heather is building a world where activating the knowledge, skills and expertise of all of us improves our individual lives and brings together communities to solve the hardest problems our societies face.
Jill Wolfe
During her fellowship year Jill explored roadmaps to help veterans transition into a life of meaning and purpose outside of military service. Through her own experiences, Jill discovered that being a veteran is an art, and like any creative masterpiece, is often as traumatic as it is transformative.
She is currently writing a book that will guide veterans to new definitions of concepts like courage, belonging and life purpose. Armed with this knowledge, Jill believes that vets can not only shorten their transitional learning curve, but also allow us as a society to build a strong and steady pipeline of diverse, compassionate individuals who can lead us into the future.
During her fellowship year Jill explored roadmaps to help veterans transition into a life of meaning and purpose outside of military service. Through her own experiences, Jill discovered that being a veteran is an art, and like any creative masterpiece, is often as traumatic as it is transformative.
She is currently writing a book that will guide veterans to new definitions of concepts like courage, belonging and life purpose. Armed with this knowledge, Jill believes that vets can not only shorten their transitional learning curve, but also allow us as a society to build a strong and steady pipeline of diverse, compassionate individuals who can lead us into the future.
Kevin Webb
During his fellowship year Kevin began building Superorganism, a new venture firm dedicated to businesses that benefit biodiversity. As one of the first venture firms to center these kinds of world-positive companies, Superorganism is building a community that spans conservation and entrepreneurship, to marry the expertise, values, and networks of ecologists with the speed and scale of startups--all in service of a world where humans and nature alike can thrive.
During his fellowship year Kevin began building Superorganism, a new venture firm dedicated to businesses that benefit biodiversity. As one of the first venture firms to center these kinds of world-positive companies, Superorganism is building a community that spans conservation and entrepreneurship, to marry the expertise, values, and networks of ecologists with the speed and scale of startups--all in service of a world where humans and nature alike can thrive.
Seanan Fong
During his fellowship year Seanan created the SF Public Chapel, a place to pause for everyone. In our increasingly secular society, we don’t have clear, common places to turn in times of heartache or loss or celebration – which leaves our communities fragmented and individuals lonely. As a response to this need, the SF Public Chapel is a place where anyone can come to mourn, celebrate, and otherwise honor the human experience in a shared container. Today, the SF Public Chapel is a pop-up space in public parks providing a set-up for reflection and ritual, as well as facilitated events for structured contemplation. Seanan imagines a world where people in every neighborhood can celebrate, mourn, and honor their human journey together, no matter who they are or what they believe.
During his fellowship year Seanan created the SF Public Chapel, a place to pause for everyone. In our increasingly secular society, we don’t have clear, common places to turn in times of heartache or loss or celebration – which leaves our communities fragmented and individuals lonely. As a response to this need, the SF Public Chapel is a place where anyone can come to mourn, celebrate, and otherwise honor the human experience in a shared container. Today, the SF Public Chapel is a pop-up space in public parks providing a set-up for reflection and ritual, as well as facilitated events for structured contemplation. Seanan imagines a world where people in every neighborhood can celebrate, mourn, and honor their human journey together, no matter who they are or what they believe.
Torran Anderson
During his fellowship year Torran created and tested new games that support community building. Germination Games are designed to activate players to solve wicked real world problems in new ways. Current projects for Germination Games include a Story Grow Card Game, to explore challenging environmental situations through collaborative storytelling, and a deck of community engagement cards, where participants pull cards that give them prompts to engage with their community. Germination Games encourage participants to create new possible futures instead of being stuck in despair.
During his fellowship year Torran created and tested new games that support community building. Germination Games are designed to activate players to solve wicked real world problems in new ways. Current projects for Germination Games include a Story Grow Card Game, to explore challenging environmental situations through collaborative storytelling, and a deck of community engagement cards, where participants pull cards that give them prompts to engage with their community. Germination Games encourage participants to create new possible futures instead of being stuck in despair.
Tanya Bryan
For the past year, Tanya has been exploring how to ensure that a diverse set of voices, with a particular focus on women, are brought to environmental decision making tables. While everyone agrees that we need all members of society contributing to solve our environmental crises, why do we still struggle with how to listen equally. The Charter has begun to lay out the ground work to ensure this respectful listening is done thoughtfully and consistently, while creating a community of practice of like minded organizations who are dedicated to thinking differently about not only just who we invite but how we create space for everyone to be heard in decision making processes. Tanya imagines a future where no voice is too small to contribute a solution.
For the past year, Tanya has been exploring how to ensure that a diverse set of voices, with a particular focus on women, are brought to environmental decision making tables. While everyone agrees that we need all members of society contributing to solve our environmental crises, why do we still struggle with how to listen equally? The Charter has begun to lay out the ground work to ensure this respectful listening is done thoughtfully and consistently, while creating a community of practice of like minded organizations who are dedicated to thinking differently about not only just who we invite but how we create space for everyone to be heard in decision making processes. Tanya imagines a future where no voice is too small to contribute to a solution.
Solomon Vimal
In the past year, Solomon has been building a Water-Energy-Climate security startup (geothara.com) which has grown from 1 to 3 full-timers plus a dozen part-time interns. Through the Mira Fellowship, Solomon has been conducting design jams for product/concept/user profile development, customer discovery exercises and even conducted a cross country road trip to first-hand witness American water infrastructure projects and their history, issues and problems to imagine ground-up solutions.
In the past year, Solomon has been building a Water-Energy-Climate security startup (geothara.com) which has grown from 1 to 3 full-timers plus a dozen part-time interns. Through the Mira Fellowship, Solomon has been conducting design jams for product/concept/user profile development, customer discovery exercises and even conducted a cross country road trip to first-hand witness American water infrastructure projects and their history, issues and problems to imagine ground-up solutions.
Nicole Carr
Nicole imagines a world where a community of concerned agencies, private citizens, and businesses work collectively to improve the quality and quantity of our watershed infrastructure. She will spend the year leveraging the collective wisdom of individuals, conservationists, organizations, and urban farmers to develop an initiative that offers training and education to global and regional communities to promote conservation awareness and develop water quality resiliency.
Nicole imagines a world where a community of concerned agencies, private citizens, and businesses work collectively to improve the quality and quantity of our watershed infrastructure. She will spend the year leveraging the collective wisdom of individuals, conservationists, organizations, and urban farmers to develop an initiative that offers training and education to global and regional communities to promote conservation awareness and develop water quality resiliency.