Teju is founder and ecosystems director of the Black Fiber & Textile Network (bftn). She is the creator / host of the Black Material Geographies podcast. Teju’s work centers climate, cultural, and distributive justice by supporting regenerative practices and collaboration. She uses a global lens focusing on local and regional strategies that produce alternative economies at community-scale. Teju strategizes on how we can create / design / consume the things that make up our daily lives and environments in ways that are generative for the earth and each other. She spends her time designing spaces, consulting and co-creating with members of bftn.