Hey! I’m Ingry, and I use they/them pronouns.
As a leader, teacher, and facilitator
I have been serving people in these ways since 2011, beginning with backcountry youth trail crews: a setting where interdependence and conflict resolution are essential to survival, to say nothing of accomplishing other shared goals. Collaboration, curiosity, direct communication, and anti-authoritarianism are central to my approach to all relationships, particularly those where I hold power of some kind.
Unlike many of today’s leaders (bosses! managers!), I have been through multiple rigorous leadership development trainings, some of them immersive and weeks long. Here, I have reshaped my ideas about when and why we each deserve power and voice, and come away believing that leadership works best when bestowed—and frequently checked—by the individuals our leaders serve.
If you are interested in testimonials, please reach out — I’m happy to provide you with feedback about my strengths and shortcomings that I’ve received from students, peers, and team members in my charge, or to connect you directly to my references.
As an artist
I am a blue collar nature poet, fellowship singer, sewist, knitter, weaver, writer, artist, trail worker, and hope punk. I am the author of the poetry collection coyote • home (March 2025, second edition forthcoming). I believe our human nervous systems can benefit greatly from singing together, and I love any opportunity to tap into the gifts singing offers.
As an alternate pathway to formal arts education, I rely on the more-than-human world and my sweet human community to fill me up with delicious poem juice. I intentionally source the rigor, accountability, and community I need in order to create my work outside of traditional institutions.