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.

  • 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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  • Lexi is avid skateboarder, recreational rock climber, and certified goofball.

    Coming from Miami FL, she brings the entrepreneurial skills to the ranch with an Accounting degree and Masters in Business Administration from the University of Central Florida where she played D1 women’s rugby. Lexi will be running the camping division at WSR so keep an eye out as she brings to life our acre of land across the street

  • 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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A man sitting cross-legged on a colorful striped towel by a swimming pool, playing a didgeridoo, with trees and sky in the background. A resident in a sustainable community.
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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:

    https://www.sandiegotempeh.com/pages/about-san-diego-tempeh

  • 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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  • Adriana ("Addie" for short) is a San Diego native with a passion for healing and nurturing others through the wisdom of plants. She's a budding herbalist, designer, and writer. She loves to be in nature, honoring our Earth Mother, practicing archery, spending time with her bunnies, eating yummy food, reading, and watching fantasy movies. (Hint: She's a nerd) Be warned: Addie is an introverted hermit. You'll always catch her reading a book with a cup of tea. IG: @addiemadrigal

  • 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.

  • Nick is a San Diego native, abstract visual artist, and elderly caretaker. He's best known for abstract improvisational works of art, influenced by science fiction, punk aesthetics, horror genres and gaming culture. He loves meeting new friends, watching anime, taking nature walks, singing, listening to techno music, and eating out. Nick's goals are to live sustainably as an artist/muralist and receive training as an end-of-life doula. He's always up for giving tarot readings and chatting about life! IG: @bonyxart

  • Nikki is a yoga teacher, Thai yoga enthusiast, NASM certified stretch coach, van explorer, and

    BIG believer in following your heart.

    She received her yoga teacher training in Costa Rica in 2017 and has been blending travel with

    learning ever since. Most recently, she traveled to Thailand to study Thai yoga massage,

    deepening her knowledge and love for hands-on healing

    She enjoys cooking, camping under the stars, spa days, theater, and finding new ways to move

    her body.

    You might catch her guiding a movement session, planning her next van adventure, or deep in

    conversation about life.

    IG: @nicolestaples.yoga

    Website: nicolestaples.yoga

  • Emma is a content creator, culinary artist, and creative visionary whose work traces the quiet intersections of nourishment, beauty, and the lifelong art of discovering one’s truest self. A Northern California native with a culinary degree and certification in health coaching, she has lived many chapters — private chef, storyteller for California’s travel world, and creative consultant in technology — each one revealing a new layer of self-discovery.

    Her nomadic travels across the American West became both muse and mirror, winding through cabins, canyons, and coastlines as she built The Soft Adventurer — her signature philosophy and ongoing body of work. Through it, Emma redefines adventure as an act of tenderness: a devotion to slow discovery, sensory living, and the art of meeting life with wonder.

    At Wild Seeds Ranch, her creative expression has moved from page to table. Whether she’s filling the kitchen with the aroma of freshly baked bread or composing meals that gather people together, Emma treats food as a love language — an invitation to live with poetic attention and find quiet magic in everyday life.

    Her world continues to unfold online at emmagabrielle.net (https://emmagabrielle.net/) and on Instagram @emmagabrielle_wanderlust (https://www.instagram.com/emmagabrielle_wanderlust). (https://www.instagram.com/emmagabrielle_wanderlust)

  • My name is Nick.

    I am an ever developing spirit, learning as I walk through life.

    I enjoy creating abstract art with various media, mostly water color and ink. My goal is to help others sense the sacred, through a visionary artwork lens.

    My IG for art :

    @ContemplationThroughCreation

    I have been working to improve my musicianship as well, primarily studying didgeridoo.
    A passion of mine is casual jamming alongside other musicians for the sake of community, fun and the joy of creative expression.
    Learning from wisdom traditions, friends, teachers and the Earth retains my sense of purpose.

    Beyond spirituality, I appreciate nature through hiking.

    Some short term dreams:
    hope to learn more about gardening, ecology and herbalism.

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Our Wild Babies

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Our Wild Babies *

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Rhea

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BB

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Elvis

Fati

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Ivy

Chungus

Past Residents & Seasonal Community

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Past Residents & Seasonal Community *

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  • Interior Designer & Mixed Media Artist

    https://kristacuellar.com

    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.

  • 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.

  • Innovator in neuroscienc

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  • "Everybody needs a Malena" is often quoted about Malena's awesome creative and logistical superpowers.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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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!

  • Vi (pronounced like Vye - short for Violet) is a soul alchemist and sacred artist of life.

    Wildly passionate about liberating and empowering the divine feminine in us all to uncage, unleash, and rediscover the essence of living authentically. (A Taurus sun, Pisces moon and rising so you do the math) By day, she is an account executive for a learning and development firm dedicated to helping organizations build trust, inclusion, and psychological safety.

    Outside of work, she is focused on creating sacred spaces to drop into embodied expression and heart-centered movement. Her body is like 70% bass music at this point. If there is a wub nearby, you’ll find her boogie-ing for sure. The vibrations of the music are the soundtrack to her life.

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  • Nina is from Chicago. She’s a foodie and will try any new food at least once. She’s an avid exerciser and loves to trail run.

  • Emilie is an introvert so she never wrote her bio.

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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.   

    @juliaroserahm www.juliarahm.com

  • Misty Marie Tomasino aka “Mystic Rhythms” is one of our talented musicians born & raised in San Diego, CA. Follow her journey on Instagram @mystic.rhythms.music or Facebook!

    She spent 7 yrs living in an intentional community / Eco Village in Costa Rica during her 20’s where she studied transpersonal psychology, psychoanalysis, metaphysics, inter-disciplinary spiritual practices & permaculture principles. She’s a self-taught multi-instrumentalist sound healer & sacred song carrier. Since 2019, Misty has been strongly called into earth medicine ceremonies; first as a participant then quickly found herself showing up as a guardian & musical support for various facilitators and groups within southern california. She has found this to be one of her most rewarding ways of sharing music for the degree of impact it has had on participants and how important it is for helping them navigate their inner journeys during those heightened states of sensitivity & introspection. With over a decade of professional musical experience & spiritual practice she blends her wisdom & talents into a unique path. Guided by the rhythm of her heart; Misty dedicates her music to Great Spirit, Mother Earth, and the Human Heart, creating environments for deep healing, peace, and ecstatic joy.

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  • Amanda is awesome

  • Chris is a kind hearted guy who loves to do yoga, hike, snowboard, play pool, watch movies (especially fantasy), play cards (rummy), go to breweries, snuggle his big dog Bae Bae, grow mushrooms and plants, meditate, and converse about the deeper topics in life (aliens, AI, consciousness, etc.).

    He enjoys spontaneous adventures and flowing with life, but also really values structure and routines. He works (WFH) in the medical device industry as a quality assurance engineer/manager. He's focused on living a healthy lifestyle anchored in the present moment and always trying to see more of the magic all around us

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