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Monique Verdin is an interdisciplinary storyteller who documents the complex relationship between environment, culture, and climate in southeast Louisiana. She is a citizen of the Houma Nation, director of The Land Memory Bank & Seed Exchange and a member of the Another Gulf Is Possible Collaborative, working to envision just economies, vibrant communities, and sustainable ecologies. She is co-producer of the documentaryÌýMy Louisiana LoveÌýand her work has been included in a variety of environmentally inspired projects, including the multiplatform performanceÌýCry You One,ÌýUnfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas, and the collaborative bookÌýReturn to Yakni Chitto: Houma Migrations.Ìý

Photo credit: Akasha Rabut