About Us
Our Team
We are Future-Focused, Problem-Solving Changemakers, Policy and Data Enthusiasts, Advocates, Scholars, Creatives, Entrepreneurs, Facilitators, Speakers, Curators, Educators, Organizers, Trusted Community Leaders, High Value Idea Generators and Enablers of Our Best Concepts, collectively with decades of international lived experience in urban landscapes.
Olu Butterfly Woods, Director of Cultural Innovation
A social entrepreneur, applied afrofuturist and distinctive artist who has founded several long running, impactful Baltimore initiatives on her journey from being trained as a mechanical engineer working at NASA to realizing how practical art is at contributing to community solutions.
Mia Musa, Conductor of Community Orbitals
A community organizer, curator, consultant and educator. She helps creatives, businesses and community entities synergize.
Our history
Urban Earth Synapses evolved from many years of walking the streets, traveling the world and observing decision-making and research. We are witnessing the rise of the standard of living being eclipsed by the falling of the quality of life and life expectancies. The desire to leverage professional and lived experience to elevate communities to their best life is what drives us.
Our philosophy
Through collaborative problem-solving we feel undaunted in the face of even our most severe issues. When the community is in the driver's seat and treated as the asset-based partners they are with their many expertises, we get the most functional and fulfilling results.
