What would it take to design a world where every generation thrives?

Kate Barranco | A Hopeful Changemaker

My work includes:

  • Designing and facilitating participatory research and workshops that center healing, belonging, and leadership sustainability

  • Conducting trauma-informed, qualitative research to generate actionable insights for changemakers and communities

  • Developing strategic frameworks and collaborative processes that drive systems-level impact

  • Supporting cross-sector learning journeys and networks committed to positive social change and/or intergenerational dialogue/learning, and wellbeing

  • Translating complex ideas into human-centered strategies, tools, and storytelling

I’m committed to transforming how we care —
for communities, for systems, and for the leaders shaping them. That includes our youngest leaders. I believe sustainable change starts when people are supported to care for their full selves— especially in times of crisis.

Grounded in research on intergenerational trauma and diversity-driven leadership, I work to create inclusive, empathetic environments where both people and systems can thrive.

This is how we reimagine change. This is how we build hope.

I design for healing.

I’m a strategist, researcher, and facilitator working at the intersection of trauma-informed leadership, intergenerational well-being, and systems change. I consider myself a hopeful changemaker.

With a background in social innovation, trauma-informed and equity-centered design, and global policy, I help leaders and communities imagine and implement more caring, resilient futures.

Snapshots of Change

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