Sabrina Chapa is a Xicana/Mexica from the Gulf Coast of South Texas (Karankawa land) and Co-Founder of Ties to La Tierra, an ecological justice collective. A decendent of generations of farmworkers and Indigenous land stewards, Sabrina’s journey through life has been grounded in and informed by traditional ecological knowledge and agriculture. They are a proud Earth Protector and work at the intersections of just practice, biocultural ecology, and radical transformation.

Sabrina holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management from The New School, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Geography and Environmental Resources from Texas State University. They are also a research fellow for Green Leadership Trust, an organization dedicated to increasing BIPOC board representation in the environmental and sustainability movement. Sabrina is deeply involved in Ties to La Tierra’s Land Transformation project, which focuses on building pathways to get land back into BIPOC people’s hands by reducing financial and emotional barriers, helping Indigenous diasporic folx receive their real estate licenses, and transforming land practices to restore and scale up Indigenous governance and stewardship.

In all of their work, Sabrina values deep and direct democracy, genuine consent processes, community-based participatory frameworks, and Indigenous revitalization. In their time off, they take pleasure in reading, gardening, stargazing, and dancing with their Mexica Danza group, Canpatlaneci.