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Adriana Swain

L.A. Co-op Lab

As L.A. Co-op Lab's Project Steward, Adriana provides education, technical assistance and loan support to worker cooperatives in Los Angeles. She is a member of Urban Soil / Tierra Urbana housing co-op, Board Secretary of the Beverly and Vermont Community Land Trust, and is passionate about expanding community control over vital resources. She holds an MS in Environment, Politics and Development from SOAS, University of London.

Karen Ochoa

L.A. Co-op Lab

Karen Ochoa is a program manager for the Hospital Association of Southern California who co-founded the L.A. Co-op Lab as her capstone for an M.A. in Urban Sustainability from Antioch University. She is a dreamer and a dancer who works towards the day when economic democracy is the new normal in L.A.

Yuki Kidokoro

L.A. Co-op Lab

Yuki is a National Organizer for the Climate Justice Alliance, and is a skilled conflict mediator and facilitator as well as a graphic recorder. She helped create a 45 unit affordable housing cooperative at the Los Angeles Eco-Village where she also lives. Yuki loves karaoke, board games, and thinking about community governance structures.

Gilda Haas

L.A. Co-op Lab

Gilda has led numerous economic projects and organizations, is a co-founder of the L.A. Co-op Lab, and has taught economic development at UCLA for over 30 years. She created the mobile co-op lab to serve L.A.’s unique geography and represents the L.A. Co-op Lab on the Board of the Seed Commons financial cooperative.

Lei Sahagun

Emerald Matriarch

Leah "Lei" Angela Sahagun is a bookkeeper / accounting professional, meditation and mindfulness teacher, and an educator on accounting and healing money mindfulness. Their work stems from three main branches: education, empowerment, and balance restoration. Lei is involved in several collectives including Emerald Matriarch Agency, a worker-owned bookkeeping co-op.

Brett Heeger

Gundzik Gundzik Heeger LLP

Brett is an attorney with expertise on legal matters relating to cooperatives, social enterprise, and community wealth-building. He is a member of the California Center for Cooperative Development and is a Legal Fellow at the Sustainable Economies Law Center.

Kali Malika

Marketing

In response to the challenges she experienced as a Marketing Manager in Ethiopia, Kali developed her own integrated perspective on business, community, and humanity. As a result, she firmly believes that business and entrepreneurship can be catalysts for change and empowerment

Fernando Abarca

Clases en Español

Fernando is a current Masters in Urban and Regional Planning student at UCLA. His prior experience includes campaign organizing for the L.A. Street Vendor Campaign and promoting community-driven development strategies for the Eastside of L.A. In his free time he enjoys photography as well as watching soccer games with the family.

Seed Commons

Financial Cooperative

L.A. Co-op Lab is a founding member of the Seed Commons Financial Cooperative. Seed Commons' shared wealth provides L.A. Co-op Lab with the capacity to finance projects that result from our training and coaching.

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