Meet the Residents
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Meet the Residents *
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Founder of Wild Seeds and Mango, an international company that rescues electronic waste.
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Julia is an Indiana native who came to California seeking fortune and fame, but realized she liked living in community and being close to nature better.
She is a business and marketing consultant, film producer, and travel and hot springs enthusiast. She loves yoga, swimming, writing, photography, going on adventures, watching films, listening to music and going to concerts, gardening, cooking, trying new things, traveling, and supporting the sustainable movement through helping regeneration-focused people with their entrepreneurial pursuits.
She is always down to do arts and crafts and/or to go hang out at the beach for the day!
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Professional photographer and healer. Spiritual activist working with the Yawinawa tribe of Brazil. Singing beautiful medicine songs.
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Co-founder of Cohere. Professional UX/UI Developer. A grumpy Introvert that is secretly a loveable teddy bear.
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Brendon is a photographer and also works in Real Estate Finance. He loves long walks with his dog and living a healthy lifestyle.
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Lexi is awesome
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Max has been at the ranch since the beginning and is an avid surfer, San Diego native, and local business owner.
Max is the founder of San Diego Tempeh, a growing and thriving organic Tempeh business located right here in Southern California. After a transformative food journey, San Diego Tempeh was founded in 2019 at a local farmers market. From the beginning, their goal has been simple: deliver the highest quality fermented foods to our friends and community. If you’re interested in checking out his products please visit:
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Jason is a Georgia-raised southern boy who loves to have a good time and has been with the ranch since the start! He loves to travel, tell silly jokes, and write poetry. He is the event coordinator and manager of the North Park farmer’s market.
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Christopher Toussaint is an award-winning film & video Producer/Director, Writer, Director of Photography (DP) and Editor.
Currently he is owner of Free Spirit Productions and the Director of Transvision, a spiritual media society devoted to conscious and healing program production.
Specializing in progressive, leading-edge new-paradigm, documentary media. In 2004 he was awarded the Roy W. Dean Film Grant for his work-in-progress, The Secret Life of Water, about the healing and pollution-clearing effects of energized or “structured” waters.
In addition he's been doing organic gardening for many years.
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Nicole is an anthropologist, author, and ecovillage designer. She's obsessed with building communities the smart way.
She is happiest when dancing, communicating in foreign languages, and eating new fruits for the first time.
She's the Marketing Director for the Global Ecovillage Network and founder of Terrenity Ecovillages and the Terrenity Publication
⚠️ Warning : she's very cuddly.
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Julia Rose Rahm is a vocal artist, composer, and poet, and teaches voice and piano to all ages.
She received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College in Theatre, Music and French, and her Master of Music in Voice Performance from Roosevelt University in Chicago.
Passionate about music and the voice’s ability to connect us to our deeper nature, she loves helping others discover their own authentic and soulful musical expression, as well as express it herself through her own creations.
Her debut concept album, Wound Tapestry, released in April of 2024, is an experimental fusion of world, folk, neo-classical, new age elements, along with vocal extended techniques and chant.
She also authored a book of poetry entitled Wild Heart: Poetic Musings of a Queer Mystic, published in 2021.
She loves communing with nature, gardening, hiking, swimming, dancing, traveling, creating/collaborating and playing music, meditating, chanting Sufi zikr, snuggling her tuxedo cat, Merlin, and learning more harmonious and reciprocal ways of being in relationship with this beautiful planet.
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Kara is a musician/singer-songwriter. She is a mother of 2, which drives her to create a world of freedom and food sovereignty for future generations.
She received her Permaculture Design Certificate and has practiced gardening in the Midwest, the jungles of Costa Rica, and now the desert of California.
Kara's goals include: recording her first album, creating a thriving permaculture example for others to learn from, and hosting retreats with healing arts of breathwork, yoga, and meditation.
Check out her Project Dunamis, an initiative to give foster kids experiential learning encounters through travel.
Our Wild Babies
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Our Wild Babies *
Edge
Chungus
Ivy
RUPAUL
Merlin
Zora
Past Residents & Seasonal Community
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Past Residents & Seasonal Community *
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Interior Designer & Mixed Media Artist
Cuellar is a queer multimedia artist living in Southern California. Since the pandemic, they started and have almost exclusively been working in collage. It began as a way to calm their nervous system and continues to be a therapeutic form of expression for them.
When Cuellar isn’t making collage they enjoy learning about communication and exploring authentic ways of being in connection with others.
Cuellar has been a student of art and design their whole life. With professional works ranging from cast metal sculpture, fabrication, installation and experiential art, professional photography, printmaking, and collage to name some, Cuellar brings a broad spectrum of skills and perspectives. They were one of the lead artists for the Modern Times Brewery tasting room build-outs up the West Coast, including Portland, Oakland, Santa Barbara, and Anaheim, one of which can still be experienced in Encinitas.
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Dave Booda is a writer, musician and social entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of IntimacyFest (http://intimacyfest.com/) and hosts The Darkness Experiment (https://darknessexperiment.com/). He has led over 450 workshops on connection, touch and relationships and has consulted for and facilitated experiences for companies, communities, retreats, festivals, conferences, birthday parties, weddings, funerals, and gatherings of all kinds — with the intention to inspire authenticity, connection and group cohesion. He has published over 200 essays for boodaism.com (https://boodaism.com/) and played over 1000 shows as a touring singer/songwriter. He is a former Naval Officer and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, currently serving on the board of directors for
the Foundation for Intentional Community while living in rural San Diego, California.
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Vicki is a creative entrepreneur involved in event production, focusing on immersive theater, markets, photoshoots and community gatherings. Currently, she is working on an annual winter market in Vista. Community has always been a cornerstone of her life, as she believes in the power of shared experiences and collective living. During her time at Wild Seeds, she cherished the opportunity to use the space as a living laboratory for exploring how to live in community well. It also provided her with meaningful time to bond with close friends, creating sweet family-like memories.
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Birdi is a hilarious, heart-centered, and adventurous wild woman with an undeniable passion for personal growth. As a Chopra-Certified Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor, Ayurvedic Lifestyle Instructor, and Total Wellbeing Coach, she’s on a mission to use her “superhuman” abilities to help others tap into their innate power to infinitely renew.
As the founder of "Bird's Eye View," Birdicurates transformative retreats, workshops, and personalized coaching experiences that uniquely blend adrenaline-filled adventures with mindfulness practices. Her offerings are crafted for open-minded individuals who seek growth and transformation as they navigate life’s ever-evolving journey.
With a deep commitment to community-building, Birdi guides people in overcoming fears, dissolving limiting beliefs, and expanding their perspectives for lasting change. Her mission is both simple and powerful: to inspire and empower others to embrace growth through joy.
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"Everybody needs a Malena" is often quoted about Malena's awesome creative and logistical superpowers.