Ananas Mustafa (she/her), Deputy Director for Colorado Youth Congress, is an educator, facilitator, and writer based in Denver, Colorado. She has a background in youth leadership development, grassroots grantmaking, and gender justice, and has worked with young people from across multiple nations. Also a community herbalist, she spends her summers deepening her wildcrafting practice in the Rocky Mountains. Ananas is interested in how land-stewardship and storytelling play an integral role in healing justice and liberatory movements.