Joel Garcia (Huichol) is an Indigenous artist, cultural organizer, educator, co-founder, and Director of Meztli Projects, an Indigenous-based arts & culture collaborative centering Indigeneity into the creative practice of Los Angeles. In various artistic roles, he has worked with Indigenous communities across borders to support land, access, and self-determination issues. His art practice (spanning printmaking, dye making, and public programming) explores healing and reconciliation, as well as memory and place, garnering national press in publications such as the LA Times, New Yorker, and Artforum, for his use of art in changing policies in support of Indigenous Peoples and issues.