Who We Are
We are a group of innovators, truth seekers, and thought leaders. We began in animal welfare and have expanded our understanding to encompass other topics. We are educators, animal lovers, environmental advocates, and justice protectors. We foster awareness, insight and conversation.
THE STORY BEHIND JYO
JYO stands for The Journey You Own.
It began with requests from people working in the field of animal welfare asking for tools to increase their productivity. Through conversations, it became an opportunity to bring awareness, balance, personal values, and choices into daily conversation. We have integrated these concepts with issues of concern to us: social justice, education, climate change, and animal welfare.
We view this collective venture as a platform for co-creation through conversations and the sharing of information to increase awareness and compassion.
Our Vision
A world in which every person lives with intention, stemming from curiosity, compassion, and courage.
Our Mission
Our mission is to support journeys of spiritual growth and social change.
Curiosity stirs Insight.
Compassion reflects Awareness.
Courage manifests Evolution.
Our Contributors
Jasmine
Born and raised in Prince Georges County, Maryland – one of the wealthiest Black counties in the U.S., I was allowed to explore my identity as a Black lesbian within the confines of (relative) safety. Being raised with other people of color gave my young self the kind of representation that allows for infinite potential. … Read more
Jennifer
I grew up in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My mother is from Louisiana and my father is from Sierra Leone, West Africa. Growing up in the suburbs, I did not feel the effects of racism even though I had seen and experienced it sporadically throughout my upbringing. The earliest memory I have of experiencing … Read more
Jyothi
I am spiritually-minded, cisgender East-Indian woman who has spent more than 40 years in the United States as the product of two worlds, the ancient customs and traditions of Indian Hindu society interspersed with global religious studies and Eastern wisdom, and the high-achievement mindset of the modern Western world. I was born in Switzerland where … Read more
Liza
Born at the twilight of the people power revolution in the Philippines, my childhood saw a new daylight of freedom, faith and hope. Coming from a lower-class family in Manila during the 80’s, I was a child of the streets; and the overcrowded, inner alley of the city is my playground. Our city-life is short … Read more
Martha
I am a fighter, a risk taker and often an angry person. I am a child of the Deep South and the North, filtered through a religious upbringing that has permeated who I am and the decisions that made me who I have become over time. My father was deeply religious and blamed my decisions … Read more
Robin
I was born and raised in the liberal-leaning suburbs of a red state. My hometown has a troubling racial history, the echoes of which are still felt today as it continues to be one of the most segregated cities in the country. As a middle-class white girl, born to liberal parents and attending (somewhat) racially … Read more
