Chantal Dobles Gering is a queer interdisciplinary artist, dancer, sound designer, filmmaker, writer and community organizer with latinx / german roots practicing on the stolen and unsurrendered lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh (Vancouver Canada). They graduated from UBC with a BFA in Acting from the Theatre and Film Department. They work alongside three artist groups: Shapeshifter Media Collective, Queer Soul Poets and Liberated Planet Studio. Select works include 'Papa Records Everything' premiered through National Theatre School, 'Seed Stories: Dreaming Beyond Latin America' premiered at The Cultch, and 'before transforming, we exist' premiered at the FORM film festival. They have scored many films and theatre pieces, with training at Lobe Studio in 4D Spatial Sound. They currently facilitate walking meditations and dance scores that liberate the body and spirit. In the face of climate grief and systemic oppression, Chantal is looking for something they can offer as a gift to others.

María Paz Kahle Rodríguez was born and raised in Costa Rica, with dual American and Costa Rican nationality. Kahle Rodriguez grew up in a small beach town in Costa Rica, where she was surrounded with multicultural people and nature. She credits being raised by four families, one German, one American, one Costa Rican, and one Colombian for making them a multidisciplinary and diverse person. Growing up, she played multiple sports, mainly focusing on surfing and handball, in which they competed nationally and began developing herself artistically, painting, writing, and competing in urban dancing. Currently, Kahle Rodriguez is studying architecture, while working as an esthetician, and modelling. She identifies as a queer and spiritual person with a love for nature and animals.