Our Team

  • Assata Dela Cruz (she/her), Executive Director

    Assata is a Black and Indigenous Queer mama still proudly living on her ancestral lands just outside of Africatown, Alabama. Through academia, she studied Journalism and Communication and through her community is a continuous student of Herbalism, Curanderismo and Yoga.

    In addition to Savage Daughters, Assata serves on the Board of Directors for HEART, is a Squadd Lead for Dream Defenders and a member of Muslims For Just Futures.

    Living in an interfaith family, she describes herself as an offering of alhamdulillah and hallelujah while still being firmly rooted in her traditional Yoruba and Indigenous spiritual practices.

    She has an immense love for music, liberation, sacred motherhood, travel, writing, southern accents and all things floral.

  • Breland Jackson (he/him), Operations Manager

    Bio coming soon.

  • Mechelleen Jackson (she/her), Board President

    Bio coming soon.

  • Nadia Aitmbarek (she/her), Board Member

    Bio coming soon.