meet the WOMEN

BEHIND THE FESTIVAL

Amanda Stephenson

Festival Founder & Director

  • Amanda Stephenson

    Kimberley, B.C. Canada

    @itsjustbirth

    Amanda is a Mother, Steward, and Guardian within the living body of Earth Daughters Festival. A role that continues to unfold as a calling, a devotion, and a shared initiation.

    What began as a vision has grown into a breathing collective, shaped and sustained by many hands, hearts, and seasons.

    Earth Daughters is not held by one woman alone. The festival is a co-creation in the truest sense; shaped by elders and initiates, artists and guides, volunteers and attendees. Each woman leaves her unique imprint, contributing to a living lineage that ripples forward through time.It is woven through community, through collaboration, trust, and the remembering of what becomes possible when women gather with intention.

    Amanda serves as a keeper of the vision and integrity of the space, tending its growth while also overseeing the production and logistical planning that allow the gathering to take form - holding both the practical and the ceremonial, while allowing the collective wisdom of the whole to guide its evolution.

    As Earth Daughters was being established, Amanda herself was moving through profound cycles of creation – gestating life, birthing life, sustaining life – while also navigating the depth of interpersonal initiatory work required of a leader who centers integrity, humility, and service. These embodied and relational passages continue to inform how the festival is held: with reverence for biological seasons, initiatory thresholds, and the innate intelligence of the body. With each cycle, the vow is renewed to serve the mission and trust the space to grow beyond any single individual.

    Earth Daughters exists to honour the innate brilliance of women and the power that emerges when we gather - reclaiming rites of passage, restoring connection to land and lineage, and remembering our place within the greater web of life.

    This collective remembrance supports the deep cultural and ecological shifts the Earth is calling for now.

    Amanda’s hope is that Earth Daughters continues to serve as a threshold, one that initiates not only individual transformation, but collective healing - awakening the wild, wise, and interconnected feminine force needed in this lifetime.

Kjelti Anderson

Event Midwife

  • Kjetli

    Saskatchewan, Canada

    @beheldbyher

    Kjelti is a midwife of Earth Daughters, offering the deepest counsel and steadfast support since the festival’s inception. Present from the very beginning, she has held the space with unwavering devotion - listening, guiding, and tending to both the seen and unseen threads that allow Earth Daughters to be born and continually reborn. Through her wisdom, presence, and care, she supports the vision as it moves from seed to form, from initiation to embodiment. Kjetli’s role is one of quiet strength and profound holding, ensuring that the integrity, heart, and wholeness of the collective are nourished at every stage of its evolution.

    Kjelti walks her woman path as a mother, healer, & earth tender. She lives her life in devotion to the remembrance of what it truly means to be kindred. Her prayer is that humanity remembers forward our deep and irrevocable belonging to Mā - to the great Mother Earth - who bears & breathes life into us all. This thread is woven through all of the work that she brings into the world.

    Kjelti Anderson moves with a profound sense of belonging to this world – with intrinsic affinity to the serene song of the meadowlark or the harrowed howl of the wolf, she too seeks to resound. Her voice echoes in the living litany ringing through the forest as an ode to the unfolding of all Creation within us. She cultivates a passionate relationship with Mother Earth & creatively resist the resignation that humanity's fate is ultimately one of dominance & depletion. She offers bold courage and resilient hope for cultivating the inner alignment & outward action for those tending to the new earth.

Drew Temple

Event M.C.

  • Drew Temple

    Coastal British Columbia

    @alightinthewoods

    Drew is our resident DJ and MC, a woman unlike anyone else; radiating pure potential and love through every beat, word, and moment she holds. She moves between sound and story, rhythm and ritual, creating spaces where the collective heart can awaken, release, and rejoice. With intuitive presence and fearless expression, Drew guides the festival’s energy, weaving connection, celebration, and transformation into every gathering.

Lucy Fox-Wylde

On Site Festival Managment

  • Lucy Wylde

    United Kingdom

    @medicine.women.gathering

    Lucy joins Earth Daughters this year as a core pillar of support during the festival weekend. A festival director herself in the UK, Lucy brings the deep wisdom, practical skill, and grounded presence of someone who knows exactly what it takes to hold a space of this magnitude. She is here to hold it down with the care, intuition, and efficiency that only a woman who has hosted her own festival can embody - ensuring that the flow, energy, and heart of the gathering are honoured and sustained for everyone.

Saera Burns

Altar & Priestessing Team Lead

  • Saera Burns

    Salt Spring Island, B.C

    @saeraburns

    A devotional leadership role within Earth Daughters Festival, entrusted with the energetic, ceremonial, and ritual integrity of the gathering spaces. This role supports the festival’s spiritual container by curating altars, overseeing cleansing practices, and tending to key moments of reverence, transition, and communal engagement throughout the event.

    Saera has been curating sassy, nourishing ritual experiences for nearly two decades through circles of women. An international Seer and founder of the Bees Nest Project for the promotion and networking of solopreneur women on Salt Spring Island. A lifelong devotee of Tea, her three children, and connective social systems that focus the power of desire. Listen to her muse on ritual, animism, and witchy shenanigans on the Spirit and Bone podcast.

Kellyn

On Site Festival Management

  • Kellyn

    Alberta, Canada

    @she.the.nimue_moonstone

    Sheis an anchor in the Meadow, providing on-site festival management support to ensure everything runs smoothly. As a main face and go-to person for the management team, she keeps communication flowing, solves challenges in real time, and ensures the team has everything they need to make the festival experience seamless for everyone.

    Her role includes coordinating logistics on-site, supporting volunteers and staff, overseeing daily operational needs, and being a reliable presence that the entire team can count on. Kellyn’s energy, focus, and dedication ensure that Meadow Landing - and the festival as a whole - functions with care, clarity, and efficiency.

Anita Weimann

Cultural Steering Committee Lead

  • Anita

    Earth Wanderer

    @chipewyandene.me

    Anita’s role as Cultural Safety & Integrity Guide is to help Earth Daughters move in good relation. In collaboration with local Indigenous committees and cultural advisors, she supports the festival in honoring protocol, lineage, and lived experience. Anita brings trauma‑informed, Indigenous‑informed practice to policy, programming, and team support, so that EDF can be a space where cultural engagement is held with care, humility, and ongoing learning.

    Anita Vidya is a ceremonialist and shamanic guide devoted to women’s remembrance. She leads Moon Lodges, Medicine Wheel and women’s teachings, and shamanic yoga as living, land‑rooted practices that restore connection to body, spirit, and ancestry. Rooted in protocol and ongoing guidance from Indigenous Elders, she weaves Mountain Shamanism with play, ritual, and clear, loving truth‑telling to create grounded, transformational spaces for women to feel held, seen, and powerful.

Kelsey Robson

Young Maiden Program Coordinator

  • Kelsey Robson

    Salt Spring Islan, B.C.

    @kelsey.jo.robson

    Kelsey is a Registered Clinical Counsellor who offers compassionate, trauma-informed therapy for women, teens, and couples. In addition to her one-on-one work, Kelsey offers sacred after-school circles supporting pre-teen girls through the transition into adolescence with community, ritual, emotional skills, and belonging. Rooted in nature, expressive arts, and mindful mentorship, her work helps girls build confidence, resilience, and deep self-awareness within a nurturing community.

    ARTFUL INTENTIONS

    This gathering invites young maidens to consciously step into their time at Earth Daughters. Through creative journaling and collage, each girl will craft a personal journal to use throughout the experience. As we create together, we’ll share intentions - naming what each girl hopes to explore, grow, or welcome during our days together.

    CASTING OUT, CALLING IN

    Our closing circle offers a gentle ritual of release and remembrance as the young maidens prepare to journey home. Participants will name what they are ready to leave behind and use the elements to release it. Then, we’ll take time to name and honor what they wish to carry forward, including the creation of a custom herbal tea blend - a tangible reminder of their Earth Daughters intentions.

Alley Biniarz

Young Maiden Program Coordinator

  • Alley L. Biniarz

    Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    @grownladygrows

    Part of a triad of women who collectively steward, organize, and hold the Young Maiden programming. Together, we coordinators create a safe, grounded, and inspiring container for young maidens, while guiding and supporting volunteers who assist in the delivery of the programs.

    Ali feels most alive when she’s in communication with the plant world around her or learning a new (well, old or forgotten) skill. She is a folk herbalist, regenerative gardening guide, writer, and kitchen witch who is perpetually questioning modernity and its endless growth mindset. She guides spaces that encourage us to tap into the rhythms and cycles of nature, as well as the seasons of our bodies.

Tami Nisbet

Grounds Crew Lead + Young Maiden Program Coorinator

  • Tami (Dandelion)

    Calgary Alberta

    @tami_dandelion_nisbet

    Tami is an absolute force - the anchor and engine of Earth Daughters’ setup. She leads the team that transforms vision into reality, ensuring every structure, installation, and space is built with precision, care, and intention. From coordinating crew, managing timelines, and troubleshooting on the fly, to keeping energy high and focused, Tami holds the foundation that allows the festival to come alive.

    Her leadership is fierce, grounded, and unwavering - empowering her team, inspiring trust, and turning logistical challenges into opportunities for creativity and flow. Tami is the driving force that makes the festival’s container possible, long before the gates open.

    Part of a triad of women who collectively steward, organize, and hold the Young Maiden programming. Together, we coordinators create a safe, grounded, and inspiring container for young maidens, while guiding and supporting volunteers who assist in the delivery of the programs.

Lucy Hall

Volunteer Coordinator

  • Lucy

    Vancouver, B.C.

    @lucyjanehall

    Single Mama to two boys, community builder, event planner, self love advocate, and a wild woman loving life. Honoured to be taking on the role of volunteer lead. This will be my second time at Earth Daughters Festival - last year was life changing and I can't wait to be part of the magic.

    So excited to be returning to EDF for my second time: in 2025 I attended for the first time as a volunteer and loved being part of the check-in team - welcoming people as they arrived and helping people get settled in instantly made me feel part of the family and have familiar faces around the festival from the get go, this year I am honoured to be the volunteer lead and I look forward to helping to ensure everyone knows where to be , when and has an enjoyable experience.

Lisa Zhao

Check in Lead

  • Lisa is passionate about music and its influence on our moods, culture, and way of life. She has held similar roles across the US and Canada at Burning Man, Bass Coast, and other local festivals, bringing a wealth of experience and heart to every gathering. Lisa is thrilled to give back to the community of women who have made the journey to Earth Daughters and to celebrate alongside like-minded women.

    This will be her second year with Earth Daughters, and she is excited to make the greeting and check-in experience smooth, welcoming, and fun for every attendee. Lisa will be implementing a new QR code system, ensuring that check-in is fast, reliable, and effortless—allowing everyone to step fully into the festival without delay. Her energy, care, and dedication help set the tone for a gathering that feels seamless, joyful, and connected from the very first moment.

Kali Gossen

Website Support

  • Kali Gossen

    Onoway, Alberta

    @ceremonywithself

    I move between many worlds including web designer, hair ceremonialist, maker, and writer. One devotional thread weaves through them all: to create environments where women can return to the truth of their bodies. My work is carved by lived experience, cyclical awareness, and a deep trust in the wisdom of land & womb. Self guided rituals have been an anchor returning me home, again and again, and it's been placed on my heart to share this medicine. So, here I am. Ceremony begins with how we choose to meet ourselves

Tammy Ben- Shaul

Trauma Informed Space Holding Coordinator

  • Tammy Ben-Shaul

    Melbourne Australia

    @tammybenshaul

    “A senior psycho-spiritual therapist (Clinical psychologist and relational psychotherapy) who integrates the Buddha Dharma, Yoga and Shamanic Womancraft. She works with clear intention to inform and teach humans the cyclical wisdom that holds our well being towards the reduction of trauma suffering and dismantling patriarchy.”

Elizabeth Tracy

Meadow Hostess

  • Elizabeth Tracy

    Medellin, Colombia

    @reclaimyourwomb

    Liz serves as the evening Lead for the Meadow Information Booth, stewarding a triad team of women who act as the welcoming, informational heart of the meadow.

    This role is essential in ensuring that attendees feel oriented, supported, and warmly received as they move through the Earth Daughters gathering.

    Liz holds the larger picture of communication, flow, and presence at the booth, making sure accurate information is shared while the space remains calm, grounded, and inviting.

Shayla

Lavish Canvas Glamping Coordinator

  • Shayla from Lavish Canvas serves as the Glamping Coordinator for EDF, stewarding the setup, readiness, and overall experience of the glamping village. She leads with organization, care, and attention to detail, ensuring that the glamping spaces feel beautiful, functional, and welcoming for all who arrive.

Kathryn Vella-Geldart

Vendor Coordinator

  • Kathryn is a cartographer and handmade jewelry artist who wanders curiously through life, always learning, creating daily, and weaving connection through community, creativity, and lending a helping hand.Kathryn joins the Earth Daughters team this year as the Vendor Experience Lead, stewarding our vendor village and ensuring that all vendors feel supported, informed, and set up for an enjoyable and successful weekend.

Anabel De La Foret

Festival Photographer

Annika Faith

Festival Photographer

Cristina Borgogellie

Stylist Lead

  • Cristina Morena

    Kimberley, B.C.

    @cristinaborgogelli

    Cristina studied fashion design & styling, exhibition design & display, as well as product design in Italy during her 20’s. She has used these skills in various roles throughout her career in events management and in retail/fashion creating captivating displays, backdrops and even set creation for theatrical productions. She received design bursaries from Roberto Cavalli and  Fabrica, a design incubator for young creatives who were the innovators pushing boundaries working with  international crew of inspirational filmmakers, graphic designers, web designers, musicians, illustrators, stylists and fashion designers. Cristina participated in several group and solo exhibits and editorial design work for publications as well as creating a multitude of fun window displays for retail spaces.  Cristina is honoured to bring the festival vision to life and has been creating the sacred spaces at the festival for you to enjoy, and be held by the land and intentional spaces. Cristina created the clitoris sculptures, prayer walk, goddess walk, altars, vulva pieces as well as curating the backdrops of the stages and tents where sessions & workshops are held.  This is her 4th time co-creating with Earth Daughter's. She hopes these spaces allow you to honour your own beauty, find respite & hope and also captivate and inspire you during your time at this sacred gathering. Making beautiful memories and impressing upon your heart that you are lovingly held by the Earth Daughter’s Festival community and organizers. Each detail is thoughtfully assembled and set-up by a crew of volunteers who bestow their own magic into these spaces with loving attention and with the intention that you receive what you need while connecting with honour and devotion. Thank you for bringing these spaces to life with your presence! You are the gift that activates the festival with healing, transformation, vitality and connection. Thank you for your inter-active participation in co-creating the festival with us. 

    Currently Cristina can be found

    www.happyheartscollective.ca

Gillian Rice

Meadow Hostess

  • Gillian Rice

    Canora, Saskatchewan

    @thesisterfrequency

    A well sought after musician, clinician, composer and music guide Gillian is the creator of the Earth Daughter’s Mantra. Being with Earth Daughter’s since it all began back in Saskatchewan, she is honored to be a part of the 5th Earth Daughter’s Festival and share her passion for song. Stepping into a role as a support team this year Gillian is honored to share her love for Earth Daughters and the community while being a source of support and guidance in the meadow.