Monique Verdin, courtesy of Akasha Rabut

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 documentary聽My Louisiana Love聽and her work has been included in a variety of environmentally inspired projects, including the multiplatform performance聽Cry You One,聽Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas, and the collaborative book聽Return to Yakni Chitto: Houma Migrations.聽

Photo credit: Akasha Rabut