Reclaiming Community in Climate Action

​How does climate action change when we stop designing for communities and start building with them? In this session, Ana Michelle Gomez shares her professional journey from working as a consulting engineer on environmental assessments to becoming a social engineer in rural Colombian communities impacted by climate-driven flooding.

​As a field-based facilitator during a regional climate adaptation initiative, Ana supported families in restoring their land through a grassroots agroecological model rooted in ancestral knowledge, permaculture, and community ownership. The methodology was not created in a lab, but by communities themselves, blending food security with resilience and dignity after loss.

​Now based in Seattle, Ana reflects on how these experiences offer powerful lessons for climate action in the Pacific Northwest, reminding us that resilience begins with relationships and that the most effective solutions come from the ground up. This session invites participants to rethink technical roles and embrace a community-first approach to climate justice.

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