Meet The Team
Raynelle - Executive Director
A long time social sector professional, Raynelle began her career in the sciences as an ecology field researcher then moved onto environmental education and social justice at the grassroots organizational level in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her love for nature and youth development brought her to teach in unique settings like alternative high schools, environmental justice neighborhoods, parks, and juvenile justice facilities.
In 2016, Raynelle founded Rino Consulting Solutions, a nature-based consulting firm that provides coaching and consulting services for professionals and other businesses. It’s mission is to support and inspire the leaders of today to live in the confidence of their identities as they move through a world in the midst of social, racial, and environmental transformation. Raynelle is a graduate of Humboldt State University with a BS in Biology, a Rising Leaders and 2042 Today fellow, and lives in Oakland with her husband and daughter.
Dumebi- Director of Operations
Dumebi is the owner of Light SisterZ and a transformational and spiritual coach specializing in Ancestral and Past Life Healing.
Dumebi has always had a passion for two things: supporting youth and furthering her spiritual development. As a native Nigerian, she brings an international view to Western education and learning, having worked as both a youth mentor for most of her life and then an educational consultant and engineer for four years following her graduation.
She’s also continued in her spiritual study by getting a PhD in Alternative Therapy and Medicine. She is an ordained minister, certified Theta healer, and a certified Reiki Practitioner.
Dumebi’s coaching style has been described as graceful, drawing in seekerZ to help them feel safe and grounded, even when venturing to new territories. She has a vast knowledge of modalities and loves guiding others to their true path.
Today Dr. Dumebi is working on her postdoctoral work.
Nico- Director of Communications
Free for Real Kitchen is a home for traditional foods and ancestral ways of eating that promote health for body, mind, spirit, community and planet. Diagnosed with lupus and diabetes in his teens, Nico has been on a journey of healing for over half of his life. In 2013, he founded a bakery and catering business based on the belief that food is medicine and that our bodies function best when eating the ways our ancestors ate. In modern terminology, this means that the Free for Real menu focuses on ketogenic, paleo, gluten-free, low-glycemic and vegan recipes using organic or sustainably-produced ingredients whenever possible.
He is proud to feature the flavors and healing ingredients of his Mexican and Filipino ancestries and encourages others to find the healing traditions within their own ancestral cuisines. Nico hopes to lead through example as a decolonial cook, educating and feeding his friends, family and communities so that they can be happier and healthier as they fight for freedom for our peoples and to defend our Mother Earth.