Dakota Wint
Board member · lead organizer
Leads the foundation’s trips, language books, and education support, and its work in Mexico with Zapotec and Mazatec partners.
About The Community Garden
People first. Paperwork second. Wonder always.
The work starts with people on the ground: artists, teachers, guides, translators, organizers, families, and field leads who know the place because they live there or have stayed in relationship with it. The foundation exists to help trips, books, archives, and support move through those relationships with more care.
Where it began
It started with one child in Peru.
The Community Garden began after a medical fundraiser for Haviv, a little girl from Urubamba in Peru’s Sacred Valley. People answered quickly, and that first act of trust became the foundation for everything that followed — the trips, the language books, the archives, and the field projects we run today. The Community Garden was founded by Dakota Wint, Pete Tran, and Ramazan Aygat.
We still work the same way: person to person, in relationship, alongside the people who know the ground. Read the founding story →
Our team
The people running the work.
Pete Tran
Board member · One Tattoo
Tattoo artist and founder of One Tattoo (“PetesOnEarth”). Leads Escuela Uno, the open-air art space for village children in Libertad, in the Peruvian Amazon.
Ramazan Aygat
Turkey director
Ramazan oversees every program the foundation runs in Turkey. He directs our documentation of the Neolithic Taş Tepeler sites, leads the Göbekli Tepe International Film Festival, and manages our education work in Şanlıurfa, including the SpeakingLab tuition program. Following the 2023 earthquake, he coordinated village relief on the ground.
Partners & artisans
The people who lead the work where they live.
Margarita Gutiérrez Martínez
Artisan & language leader · Teotitlán del Valle
Her Zapotec weaving knowledge, family practice, and local trust guide our art and language work in Teotitlán del Valle.
Jazmín “Coyotita” Casimiro
Mazatec culture & language
Leads our cultural and language preservation work on Mazatec projects. She has been part of this story since before the foundation had a name.
Jose Saenz
Amazon partner · Shipibo
Connects Shipibo collaborators, translation work, and funding paths for our language work in the Amazon.
Close collaborators
The people who carry the work with us.
Milo Rossi (MiniMinuteMan)
Creator of MiniMinuteMan, Milo has been behind three of the foundation’s biggest pieces of work.
With Dakota Wint and Shanin Blake, Milo brought attention and support to Haviv’s fundraiser, which raised $15,519 from 383 donations. The Haviv story →
Profits from Milo’s Peru tour funded the entire village school at Mount Ausangate, with uniforms, winter clothing, and a full year of supplies for every student.
Milo and Dakota Wint raised more than $57,000 through their YouTube channels for a village rebuilding after the 2023 earthquake. The relief work →
Kayleigh During (History With Kayleigh)
A history educator and the voice behind History With Kayleigh, Kayleigh brings the story of Göbekli Tepe and the Taş Tepeler sites to a wide audience and connects travelers with our Turkey journeys, a key source of funding for the foundation’s work.
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