Who We Are
Aurora Commons is a strategy, leadership, and liberation hub with over 30 years of experience in power building and transformation and a combined 15 years in programming and arts-based education that weaves liberation for all beings.
We are a BIPOC, queer, and woman-owned organization. We are a constellation of folx, each with a history in movement-building with unique approaches in consulting, organizing, networks and coalitions, policy-making, philanthropy, and culture creation.
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Susan Misra
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Susan (she/her) is a South Asian "social doula committed to helping birth a society premised on the integration and oneness of the planet, other-than-human kin, and people as a pathway to racial equity, justice, and liberation.
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Marcela Torres
PROGRAM MANAGER
Marcela (they/them) is an educator, organizer, and artist who considers how innate generational memories can spark contemporary tools of care, investigations of conflict, and relation to ethnobotany.
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Morgane Garnier
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Morgane Garnier (they/she) is a community organizer and transnational being who believes in the wholeness of people and the planet as one organism.
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Kareem Watson
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
"I am an operational specialist who has worked with various nonprofits and social justice organizations over the years.”
Our Network
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Ananda Valenzula
ANANDA VALENZUELA LLC
Ananda Valenzuela (any pronouns) is an independent consultant engaged in professional interim executive director work and organizational development facilitation, with a particular focus on equitable self-management and liberatory practices. Ananda grew up in Puerto Rico and slowly made her way across the United States, holding a variety of consultant, governance, and activist roles along the way.
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Chandra Larsen
VISUALIZING CHANGE
Chandra Larsen (she/her) uses the power of art and creativity to ignite transformative experiences for people and organizations. For over 20 years, she has worked with people committed to tackling pervasive social issues resulting from systems of oppression and violence.
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Latonya Slack
SLACK GLOBAL CONSULTING
Latonya Slack (she/her) is the principal and founder of Slack Global Consulting, which specializes in facilitating and assisting senior-level leaders and organizations with visioning, planning, navigating critical decisions, and creating effective strategies for success.