Luanna Peterson is a strategic implementation leader, organizer, and educator who designs and aligns programs, partnerships, and learning systems to advance collective liberation and systems change.

Leadership & Impact

Luanna specializes in translating vision into coordinated strategy, cross-sector partnerships, and measurable programmatic impact.

•  Built and led multi-state initiatives engaging partners across the U.S. and internationally 
•  Designed leadership development programs reaching thousands of participants 
•  Directed multi-year portfolios and cross-functional teams 
•  Developed evaluation systems that strengthened outcomes across education and community-based programs 

She is the co-founder of Weaving Our Stories, a Hawaiʻi-rooted abolitionist initiative that uses storytelling to cultivate belonging, healing, and systemic change. In 2024, Weaving Our Stories published Return to Belonging through Daraja Press, a global collaborative anthology edited by Luanna and featuring BIPOC writers from around the world.

Her background spans community intervention design, program evaluation, culturally responsive STEM education, curriculum development, and social justice-centered writing and arts facilitation. Across this work, she builds bridges between community practice, political education, and narrative strategy.

Luanna’s work centers the question of how communities build the conditions for safety, care, and thriving beyond exploitation, punishment, and exclusion. Whether through youth programming, educator collaboration, leadership development, or public storytelling, she helps communities connect analysis with action.

She holds a dual B.A. in Global Studies and Communications and an M.A. in Culture, Ecology, and Sustainable Community, with an emphasis in Ecological Agriculture. Her work spans domestic and international contexts, including social justice-centered art and film projects, community intervention programs, and curriculum design.

Through her work, Luanna supports communities in deepening collective learning, building shared memory, and reshaping the narratives that define what is possible.

Luanna partners with organizations, networks, and initiatives to translate strategy into aligned programs, partnerships, and systems that support long-term impact.

She is available for consulting and contract-based work in:

•  Strategic implementation and organizational alignment 
•  Program and curriculum design 
•  Narrative strategy and cultural programming 
•  Facilitation and leadership development 
•  Evaluation and learning systems 

For inquiries, please contact:

luanna.peterson808@gmail.com