Cilia James

Cilia James is a Los Angeles-based environmental and cultural writer with 15 years of experience documenting the collision of climate justice, cultural survival, and human resilience. Drawing from her Mexican-American roots, her award-winning work exposes ecological inequities—from toxic borderlands to vanishing Indigenous traditions—while celebrating grassroots solutions. A Jacob Lawrence Award recipient and Smithsonian-cited voice, Sandy merges lyrical storytelling with hand-painted cartography. She joins our magazine as a guest contributor, spotlighting women-led innovations where land and memory converge. "The most radical climate action," she argues, "is remembrance."