Mukuyu Motto
We are the ones we've been waiting for.
Sweet Honey and the Rock
WHO WE ARE
We Are Nature
Established in 2020, Mukuyu Collective is a consulting and education firm building climate and cultural resilience - one relationship at time.
We work with our governmental and nonprofit clients in sustainability, climate, and environmental education to align purpose with process, expand cultural competence, and co-create pathways that amplify impact and outcomes.
Our consulting services center personal transformation, community activation, and multi-systems change. Whether you are in the planning, implementation, or evaluation stage of the journey, our services awaken, align, and accelerate movement towards your organization mission and goals.
To build climate and cultural resilience through policy and play.
A world that balances the needs of people and the planet.
Integrity, Accountability, Transparency, and Equality.
OUR CLIENTS & PARTNERS
MEET OUR FOUNDER
Taishya Adams
Taishya (she/her) is a servant leader focused on collective liberation and stewardship through community building, personal transformation, and systems change. After 30+ years at the intersections of education, health, workforce, science, and environment, Taishya founded the Mukuyu Collective, LLC to transform systems through policy, programs, and play.
Taishya is also an elected official serving as a council member for Boulder City Council. Previously, Taishya served as a commissioner to Colorado Parks and Wildlife; the NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Business Advisory Council; the board of Black in Marine Science, and on the Colorado Natural Areas Council.
Prior to the Collective, Taishya worked as the National Policy & Education Director and Colorado Network Co-lead for Outdoor Afro. Outdoor Afro is a national network that celebrates and inspires Black American connections to nature and leadership. Taishya also worked at American Institutes for Research as an Educational Equity Specialist and trainer; the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools providing technical assistance and trainings on school design, accountability systems, evaluation, and governance, the DC Public Charter School Board providing non-academic and academic oversight and training, and the Children Defense Fund Freedom Schools where she began her career at the Alex Haley Farm in 1995 serving Black communities through summer and after school enrichment programs.
Taishya is the founding Board President of New Legacy Charter School, a public charter high school and early learning center in Aurora, Colorado. Taishya holds a MA in International Education from George Washington University and a BA from Vassar College in Political Science and Film.
