Trisha is a non-binary Filipinx immigrant settler on the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Their philosophy and personal pedagogy is to have the land and water as our teacher and to always centre decolonial practices and the traditional ways of knowing and being. The knowledge and experience they bring to the table lies in native plant horticulture, agriculture and food systems and they aim to continue learning further about protecting our waterways and Indigenous food and land sovereignty.

If they were a plant in Terra Nova, they would be stinging nettle because they are so versatile, nourishing and provide powerful medicine as well as something you have to respect or it will fight back. urishing and such powerful medicine but also something you have to respect or it will fight back.