Alissa Cedar Waterfall Johnson is a proud citizen of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and a land steward residing in Connecticut. A 2019 graduate of the Kripalu School of Mindful Outdoor Leadership, she returns often to offer programming assistance, and joined the outdoor R&R team in 2023. Alissa is passionate about sharing traditional ecological knowledge, gratitude practices, and holding space for nature connection. She hopes to support and inspire humans to see the sacred interconnectedness with all our relations. 
  
A practicing herbalist and gardener, when Alissa isn’t guiding mindful outdoor experiences at Kripalu, she is living close to the land, enjoying time with family and community, foraging, wildcrafting and tending her growing farmstead. She is an advocate for indigenous cultural preservation and food sovereignty.