KALAYA'AN MENDOZA has spent his 15-year activist career working for various issues ranging from Queer rights to Tibetan independence to anti-racist organizing and beyond. Most recently he served as the Grassroots Coordinator for Students for a Free Tibet International. During his time at SFT Kalaya'an launched and coordinated numerous social network-based campaigns globally, utilizing social media platforms ranging from Facebook to Twitter to Youtube. Along with Tibetan independence organizing, Kalaya'an facilitates a multitude of workshops for community groups, highschool and university students. These infoshares include everything from non-violent direct action planning to HOWTO have hot Queer safer sex to social media strategy for activists. Kalaya'an strongly believes that grassroots organizing and non-violent direct action in conjunction with other tools can be used to empower our communities and put power back into the hands of the people.

FUN FACTS!
1. Kala speaks Klingon.
2. One of his goals in life is to present at the TED conference.
3. The coolest place he has ever facilitated a workshop was on a rice paddy in northern India.
4. He is the most untalented Pilipin@ in the entire world. Seriously. Can't sing, can't dance, FML.