Carla Fernandez is the cofounder of The Dinner Party, a national network of peer-support circles for young adult grievers, which has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, Oprah Daily, and cited in multiple books. Her work focuses on how circles come together to foster collective care and change culture when a new status quo is called for. 

In addition to her work in grief, Carla partners with a range of clients through her community design studio as an impact strategist and facilitator, particularly on initiatives related to climate change, democracy, and the arts. Carla is a senior fellow with USC’s Annenberg School Innovation Lab and a Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Scholar in Social Entrepreneurship at NYU. She divides her time between the Hudson Valley and Joshua Tree. 

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