Sailors used the north star to navigate home. It guided their way across unknown oceans. Our Directors help us to stay on track and to find the way to our vision of a healthier more connected future. They ensure the longevity of the school so it will be able to serve our community for generations to come.
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Angela Cusicanqui
Angela Cusicanqui is an educator and community organizer who believes that building bridges between people and nature creates belonging and resilience. For over a decade, she has worked alongside families, educators, and community partners to create inclusive spaces where learning grows from connection to the land. Originally from Bolivia and now rooted in Connecticut, Angela weaves storytelling, reflection, and outdoor experiences to inspire care grounded in reciprocity and community well-being. She also serves on the board of the Two Coyotes Wilderness School, supporting community-based approaches to learning and land care.
Esme Miano
Esme (pictured here as a student in our Ansonia programming in 2012) has been involved with Two Coyotes in various capacities for nearly 15 years. Following her time as a student at Two Coyotes, she built a career in the financial services industry. Her professional background includes analytical and strategic work, with a strong foundation in financial analysis and problem-solving. She brings skills in data analysis, budgeting, investment advisory, and strategic planning, and values thoughtful decision-making, accountability, and long-term impact.
Her longstanding connection to the organization provides a meaningful perspective on its mission and underscores the importance she places on strong governance and stewardship.
Hyperion Çaca Yvaire
Hyperion Çaca Yvaire is an Atakapa Ishak and Sea Kréyòl father, Field Cosmologist, sovereign poet, and kinmaker. His sculptural and sonic work explores the afterlives and aftershocks of collision through investigating administrative, legislative, and wave phenomena. As a territorial researcher, he is interested in the matter resulting from the collision of materials, practices, and claims. When this matter is spatial and tangible, he refers to it as a ruin, when it is spatial and intangible, he refers to it as an afterlife. As a {forensic performance} artist, he is interested in what material effect is possible when a collective practice of alternative claim making is brought to a planetary scale. His practice is aimed at the eradication of Indigenous-settler divisions, White Supremacy, and Christian personhood’s grip over humans and nonhumans alike.
Çaca holds an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and currently serves as the Community Conservation Co-Director at Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust.
Staff Representatives
There is one seat on the board to be filled by a rotating staff representative.