Our world is noisy. Screeches of chaos and cracks of collapse. The noise is deafening.

My mission here is to create a signal. Words that lead you to a conversation that shows you're not alone. You're not crazy. You're not in a simulation.

And then we'll explore planting Seeds together. Seeds are tiny action steps that lead us towards change, however we define it.

We're living through collapse. A slow roll towards a tomorrow that none of us can predict and that increasingly looks ominous. The slow deterioration of what we know as normal, predictable and sound.

But the harsh reality is that collapse is inevitable for a system built on trauma and destruction. A system built to view the human as a commodity, without value or regard. Those of us who work at the intersections of emergent systems know why we're here and are trained to see the hidden paths that lead towards alternatives. We straddle multiple worlds, multiple chasms and we hold the tension of transition as an energy to move us through the cracks towards the light.

This is the work.

We're planting Seeds. Our wisdom lives in the soil and our sweat and tears have nourished these seeds for years. Now we're spreading the wealth of these sprouts with our communities and showing an alternative pathway through. Seeds are how we take action and create the change we all crave.

I'm from a generation where women hit our firsts. I grew up watching women take the anchor chairs on the evening news. I came of age watching women fight to serve alongside men in the armed forces. I was the only woman on the school soccer teams and I fought for every inch of respect from ruthless teen boys. I grew up in an analog world, the last generation to spend their childhoods unplugged, in the woods and roaming neighborhoods untethered at sundown.

We are the Wise Women stepping into our power and fighting to lead through the chaos towards the next vision of what's possible. We do this by grabbing the mic and waiting for no man's permission to speak into it. We build our own platforms and our own megaphones. We do this by building communities to share wisdom and connecting them across oceans to spread information and understanding. We do this by building technology with humanity at it's core, refusing to extract for unending profits.

My story is long. Twisty. Sparkling. And gorgeous.

I told my dad I wanted to be a photographer when I was ten. He bought me a real camera for my birthday, assuming it was the fad of an eager to be grown 10 year old and he'd get the camera within a few months. I still have it. I never let go of the portal that hung around my neck and was my portal to the world.

The camera showed me the depths of being human, in a way I would never have understood otherwise. I have sat with, and documented, the most intense moments of people's lives. The quiet agony of war, poverty, patriarchy and systemic racism. And I sat with that agony again and again over the years– both theirs and my own.

My professional trajectory is an anomaly. I view the world in a way that is rare. Traveling in and out of people's lives witnessing the full spectrum of what humans are possible of inflicting upon one another, allows me to view the world differently. My love of subcultures has driven me to both participate in and document a few– the Grateful Dead in the early 90s, a hacker space hidden at the beach, a Gem and Mineral Club in Quartzsite Arizona filled with old rock hound roughnecks, bartending on the Outer Banks, Ethereum infrastructure and impact ecosystems. The technical version is below, the threads are not linear, but they are compelling.

Alongside my winding professional path lies a parallel academic path that wove through a multitude of disciplines; Outdoor Recreation, Visual Communications & Mass Media, Peace, War and Defense and finally landing on Bachelors of Arts in Yoga Studies with a minor in Contemplative Religions. For now. If we're privileged enough in this lifetime to have the resources to learn, we are truly blessed. And I am.

And that's what we need now. Curious minds willing to keep learning. Strong hearts to keep pushing against the cracks to let the light in. Voices strong enough to cry out and scream "not on my watch". And spines that will not waiver in the face of pure evil.

It is our time now. Our time to step into our empowered selves and stand against all that is wrong in our world. And now is our time to start building what is possible once we navigate through this slow slide into collapse. Each story of such a time throughout history eventually surrenders to peace and regeneration. We may not make it to that quiet space, but we can help the generation land their and protect it.

My Missions

• Executive Producer at DesertRat Productions
• Co-Host & EP at The Human Layer
• Strategic Comms for Explainable AI
• Privacy & Ethical Emergent Tech Advocate
• Founding Member of JournoDAO
• Advisor at The Skyway by LearningEconomy.io
• Tantric Technologist

Socials

• linkedIn
• signal: @desertat.10 (fastest)
• telegram: @desertrat10 (2nd fastest)
• bsky.app
• farcaster @cstreet

Recent Talks

Future of Web3 Fireside Chat with Nathan Schneider

• Event was not recorded, but the notes can be found here.

Producer & CoHost of GreenPill Guest Season 9 with JournoDAO; Accelerated Transitions

Local Economies Panel Moderator - GFEL Boulder 2025

ETHDenver 2024 | Resilient Community Building for Human-First Developer Relations with Francesco Andreoli

Hyperlink Istanbul 2023 | How Web3 Developers are Enabling Public Goods Use Cases with Kevin Owocki

Transformative Impact Summit, NY 2023 | Restoring Our Humanity Through Community

Hyperlink Paris 2023 | Guided Meditation for Live Event

onchain

• ENS: CStreet.ETH; DesertRatLLC.ETH; CStreetYogi.ETH; TheHumanLayer.ETH
• Wallets: Coinbase Self Custody, Wallet(s), MetaMask, Rainbow, Phatom, Exodus, MEW, NEO, ONT, NEAR, Waves, ADA, Fuel, Phantom
• CEX: Coinbase Pro/One, Kucoin, Binance/US, Gemini, Blockfi, Kraken
• NFT Art: 1-1s and Editions, OpenSea, Foundation, DoinGUD, Manifold
• Onchain Publications: cstreet.mirror.xyz, paragraph/@cstreet, T2.World (early writer/feedback support for team), Lens, Steemit (2017-18)

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professional experience

Founder & Executive Producer | DesertRat Productions

July 2024- Present

• DesertRat Productions provides strategic communications and community strategies for emergent technologists including explainable AI, impact web3 and Ethereum Ecosystems.
• Flagship production is The Human Layer, a hybrid myth-making studio and knowledge garden, blending long-form audio, decentralized archiving, and community inquiry
• Documentary storytelling for mission-aligned brands and organizations exploring the intersections of humanity and technology with a focus on positive impacts on communities from emergent and ethical technology organizations.

Founding Member | JournoDAO

May 2022 - Present

• Board member and Secretary leading strategic communications efforts
• Educated journalists and media professionals on complex technical concepts
• Supported development of OSS protocol for attestations
• Conducted talks and podcasts on restoring hyperlocal information networks
• Research focused on hyperlocal information networks, privacy, blockchain investigative work and blockchain archival processes

Head of Marketing, Communications & Community | Fuel Labs

June 2024 - December 2024

• Led implementation of GTM strategy for mainnet launch across digital ecosystem of 750,000+ users
• Directed team of six professionals driving technical content creation and developer education
• Established frameworks for crisis communications and developer-focused community building
• Created and implemented targeted developer journey strategies
• Orchestrated technical content strategy including educational programming and thought leadership
• Managed relationships with PR, advertising, and production agency partners

Director of Community | Consensys

February 2023 - February 2024

• Implemented community building strategy for Ethereum developers
• Led team managing complex, multitiered ambassador program
• Provided educational programming support at major Ethereum conferences
• Member of DEI Council and Mentor for Women's Leadership Program

Community Lead | Unlock Inc

July 2021 - March 2022

• Managed diverse community of web3 creators, developers, and token holders
• Oversaw crisis communications and community stability
• Developed onboarding strategies for Discord community
• Served on Grant Selection Committee and as Voting Governance Member

Marketing Lead | Splyse

December 2017 - December 2018

• Led communications strategy for blockchain development shop
• Managed crisis communications and community relations
• Specialized in Smart Contract deployments and dApp development communications for the NEO blockchain

Founder | A Simpler Story, LLC

2008 - 2018

• Founded and operated micro-production agency focused on content creation
• Developed websites, conversion funnels, and marketing strategies
• Specialized in serving small businesses, functional medicine doctors, and holistic solopreneurs
• Created comprehensive digital marketing solutions for niche clientele and educated clients on complex technical production for self-management and production of their brand assets

Documentary Photographer & Producer | Self-employed

1996 - 2023

• Global documentary photographer and multimedia producer for major clients including Whole Foods Market, Nissan North America, World Bank
• Specialized in visual storytelling and impact-driven narratives
• Pioneered experimentation in blockchain integration for documentary photography funding

Education

• Bachelor of Arts - Yoga Studies, Minor in Contemplative Religions | Naropa University (2021-2023)
  • Co-Founder of the student Mindful Technology Group
  • Co-Founder of the student Yoga Group
  • Marvin Naiman Scholar 2022-23
  • 500 RYT Yoga Teacher
• Studies in Visual Communications, Photojournalism, Peace, War and Defense | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2005-2007)
  • President of Student Chapter of the National Press Photographers Association
  • Curator and Co-Director of 37th Frame Photography Exhibit
  • Class of 1938 Grant Selection Committee
  • Teaching Assistant for Photojournalism classes specializing in Digital Workflow
• Studies in Leisure Services; Outdoor Recreation | Radford University (1993-97)
  • Division I Women's Soccer Scholarship player

Skills & Expertise

• Strategic Communications: Crisis management, technical content creation, GTM strategy
• Leadership: Team management, DEI initiatives, mentorship
• Web3: Deep understanding of onchain ecosystems with an emphasis on Ethereum, NFTs, tokenomics, token-gating protocols, impact ecosystem and DAO governance
• Community Management: Discord, Discourse, Telegram, Twitter Spaces, community building
• Technical Understanding: Blockchain technology, NFT protocols, tokenomics, regulatory issues, smart contracts, decentralized systems, attestations

Awards & Recognition

• The Hearst Journalism Award (2x) | Feature Photojournalism
• CPOY Gold Medal | Multimedia Production
• Best of Photography Honorable Mention | Multimedia Production and Editing
• NCPPA Best of Photography | Multimedia Production & Editing
• Class of 1938 Fellowship
• Marvin Naiman Scholar