Cassandra Castillo

Cassandra Castillo (she/her) is a Chicana with deep connections to the California borderlands of Calexico and San Diego. In 2018, Cassie co-founded the Latino Outdoors chapter in the San Diego Region (LOSD). As the Program Coordinator for LOSD, she spearheaded outdoor experiences through a social and environmental justice perspective to reconnect Latinx communities to land and nature. Cassie graduated from the Teton Science Schools Place-based Education graduate program in June of 2021. In August of 2022 she received a Master of Science in concurrent majors of Natural Science Education and Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming. Prior to that she dedicated close to 15 years working for San Diego’s public media station.

Cassie has been an active organizer within Latinx and queer communities since 2005, amplifying actions and voices through various modes of art, dance, theatre, and storytelling. For Cassie family, community, y la naturaleza are motivations for finding joy in life, creating healing spaces, inspiring curiosity in nature, and influencing a better future for the land and the next generations.