I’m Tamara Layden – an ecologist, data scientist, graphic artist, and founder of Hukuri Creative Consulting. My work focuses on bringing ideas and initiatives to life through meaningful collaboration, systems-thinking, evaluation, and visual synthesis, while grounding in land and data justice.
Hukuri Creative Consulting, a.k.a. “Hukuri Creates,” is the namesake of my maternal lineage, carried through generations of land and water stewards from homelands in Puducherry, India, to diaspora in Portland, Oregon. As Desi, Hukuri embodies the relationships, rights, and responsibilities to global landscapes, communities, and cultures.
Honoring this lineage, my work focuses on the intersections between social justice and environmentalism. I have driven several projects that bring anti-oppressive, community-responsive action to the forefront of environmental initiatives through advancing ecological equity, rights-based collaborations, visual storytelling, and Indigenous data governance.
CURRENT EFFORTS
For building just and equitable landscapes, initiatives, and processes
Data synthesis and visual design situated in place, context, and story through mutual knowledge sharing, facilitation, and co-creation strategies.
Relationship and coalition building through meaningful, rights-oriented collaboration, context-grounding, and reciprocity.
Coordinate, develop, and evaluate community-responsive projects and programming in ecology, environmental justice, and climate resilience.
Data organization, stewardship, and sharing following cultural and collective rights-based protocols for ethical data governance.
CAPACITIES & SKILLS
For strategizing & mobilizing pathways for resilient and resourced environments, communities, and cultures
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Equity & strategy consulting
Experience in equity consulting and strategic development to strengthen community ownership and resilience across organizational processes.
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Facilitation & engagement
Experience in building meaningful, reciprocal relationships and coordinating and facilitating culturally grounded engagement and collaboration approaches.
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Education & training resources
Experience generating lesson plans, slide decks, dynamic learning modules and activities, and additional training resources.
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Digital illustration & design
Experience in digital art illustration and graphic design of diverse and complex processes, relationships, and concepts.
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Data synthesis & visualization
Experience conceptualizing and visualizing diverse datasets across platforms including Excel, R statistical software, and ArcGIS.
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Content creation & web design
Experience designing and managing websites, including logo and page design and content writing, such as informational blog articles.
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Research & project leadership
Experience in managing environmental research projects from collaborative design through deliverable generation and process evaluation.
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Transdisciplinary ecology
Experience with diverse ecological and community-based methods, including ecosystem monitoring, restoration, wildlife surveys, and participatory action research.
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Data stewardship & governance
Experience organizing and stewarding complex data ecosystems following leading data governance protocols that balance data security and protections with community benefits and access.
Let’s collaborate!
I support projects that are building or working to build more community responsive processes through strategy building, creative problem solving, meaningful community engagement, idea synthesis, and storytelling.
I am excited deepen collaborations grounded in justice and equity for our environments, communities, and cultures. Let’s work together!
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