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Jess Rene is a Two-Spirit Indigenous Designer, Herbalist, Ethnobotanist, Ecologist, Architect, and Urban Planner specializing in sustainable design, food forests, and community-focused spaces. Rooted in food justice, cultural reclamation, and holistic care, Jess creates meaningful projects that foster equity, connection, and ecological stewardship.

As a self-taught nutritionist, Jess passionately advocates for recognizing nutrition as a foundational pillar of health. Embracing the belief that food is medicine, they integrate holistic wellness approaches that reconnect communities with ancestral dietary wisdom and sustainable food systems.

Explore Jess's work and join a journey grounded in justice, healing, and Indigenous-led sustainability.

Jess proudly honors their rich Indigenous heritage, embraced from both sides of their family.

On their mother's side, their roots trace to the Nahua, Otomi, Zapotec, and Mixteca peoples, alongside Tarahumara, with Amazon and Andes root. Although not yet claimed by these tribes, Jess deeply values recovering these roots and cultural traditions, inspired by a great grandmother who was a potter.

On their father's side, Jess descends from mixed First Nations heritage including Algonquin, Montagnais, Cree, Ojibway (Anishinaabeg), Iroquois (Mohawk), and Scandinavian (Sámi) ancestry.

Committed to honoring the land and promoting resilience, Jess specializes in sustainable landscape and ecological design. Their expertise includes planning and developing food forests, community gardens, and regenerative landscapes that support biodiversity and cultural plant relationships. Jess envisions creating community wellness hubs where natural elements and Indigenous stewardship unite to nurture healing environments. Sustainability and reciprocity with the earth are core principles guiding every design project they undertake.