Rummy is a 9th grader at Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences. He grew up in the Alphabet Streets of Pacific Palisades, and lost his childhood home in the 2025 L.A wildfires. He started the Seed Bomb Project to give youth who have been affected by fire and other climate-change-driven disasters a positive way to take an active role in their communities’ recovery.

Dana is an investigative journalist, poet, and mother of two. She writes frequently about art, science, culture, and politics for The New Yorker and her true-crime podcast, “Lost Hills,” was No. 1 on Apple. She is a two-time winner of the James Beard Foundation award for journalism, and a National Magazine Award nominee who has published two collections of poems and a book about adventurous eating. She has written about numerous wildfires.

Sara Luke has been an educator since 2001, dedicated to weaving sustainability and service learning into the fabric of schools. At Environmental Charter High School, in South Los Angeles, she helped transform the campus into a nationally recognized center of sustainability and environmental innovation. She was a founding board member of the Green Schools National Network and the creator of the Green Ambassadors Service Learning Program, which empowered thousands of students to design solutions for real-world environmental challenges. Over her career, Sara has worked with students, teachers, universities, and community partners to inspire advocacy for the planet and to be a voice for things that cannot speak. She is a National Board Certified Science Teacher and currently teaches science at Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences. Her work blends education, equity, and ecology; always with the goal of cultivating the next generation of change makers.

Angie is a writer, nonprofit leadership and development consultant, event producer, and mother. She is a champion of environmental and community wellness, social justice and equality and mental health awareness and advocacy. She is a past Executive Director for Stepping Stones Project, a youth mentoring and contemporary rites-of-passage organization and past Director of Fundraising for Worthy Beyond Purpose, a mindfulness and meditation organization for LA youth.