Our Team

Kelton is an incarcerated person who writes about the modern day asylum, the friends he has made in these places, and a range of public policy issues. As a matter of principle, LUCI’s Executive Director position is always filled by an incarcerated person, and is an unpaid, volunteer position. 

Kelton is a co-founder of Earth Equity, a food policy organizer, and the creator of Earth Equity’s Diabetes Justice Workshop curriculum — a course designed to help incarcerated people explore links between healing foods and healing the planet. He authored the Right 2 Heal (R2H) Strategy, a food justice proposal he was invited to submit as part of an advisory report to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s current prison reform project.

Kelton is pursuing an Associate degree in Liberal Arts at Mount Tamalpais College, where his scholarship relates to the role of meaningful work in anti-recidivism. Kelton has been invited to present his work at the National Conference on Higher Education in Prison (NCHEP) as well as the Sustainable Economies Law Center Conference. His activism focuses on systems that heal both people and ecology. Kelton works to connect incarcerated people and people in reentry to career paths that increase opportunity for self actualization, community formation, and discovery of life mission. Presently this includes the areas of ocean stewardship and public advocacy. Kelton is particularly passionate about programmatic design and the advancement of Food Is Medicine systems.

Roisin is a violent crime survivor and advocate from San Francisco, CA. She has over ten years experience in staffing political campaigns, non-profits, and community-serving organizations dedicated to housing justice, environmental sustainability, and transforming the criminal justice system. Her most recent policy advocacy has included legislation to prevent homelessness and better serve victims of serious crimes.

As a teenager, she was the victim of a CO2 bomb attack that resulted in amputation and permanent disability. For three years, she underwent reconstructive surgeries and occupational therapy. She has since become an advocate for restorative justice, reducing recidivism, and ending poverty.

Kelly Groth has over a decade of experience of campaign and advocacy work, and has previously worked on state and local policies including voting rights and environmental justice. Her activism began in San Francisco, where she honed her skills in community organizing, field strategy, policy research, and strategic planning.

Daniel Anderson is a San Francisco-based fundraiser and has spent the better part of the last decade raising millions of dollars for small and large non-profits, advocacy organizations, and political campaigns. His work is focused on building and maintaining fundraising systems that allow organizational leaders to have the largest, most efficient impact possible.

Amelia is passionate about building community resiliency and worker solidarity. They believe we are strongest when we support each other. Over the last five years, they have spent time supporting families navigating injustices of the carceral system. These experiences have shown Amelia how transformative a worker owned co-op will be for currently and formerly incarcerated people and their loved ones.

Nateel had the privilege of joining Earth Equity at San Quentin, where he was introduced to the concept of worker cooperatives within the prison system. This experience deepened his commitment to advocating for social justice programs that go beyond words and lead to meaningful action.

In 2023-2024, Nateel participated in an 11-month internship with State Senator Nancy Skinner. This experience offered him valuable insights into constituent services and the legislative process and further fueled his passion for political advocacy and policy work that benefits communities.

He is dedicated to advocating for the passage of legislation that allows incarcerated individuals to give back to their communities. In his own words, “I believe that providing resources and opportunities for people who have committed crimes is crucial in helping them reintegrate successfully and avoid returning to a life of crime. Having been incarcerated for 12 years myself, I am deeply motivated by the injustices I witnessed in the carceral system and eager to use my knowledge and passion to work towards meaningful policy change, guided by those who have inspired me along the way.”

Nateel is a student at Cal State East Bay, majoring in Political Science.