Audrey Peterman moves through the world like sunlight — warm, illuminating, and impossible to ignore. A Jamaican-born visionary whose umbilical cord is literally buried beneath a breadfruit tree, her roots run deep in land and legacy. Audrey is not just an environmental advocate; she is a cultural bridge, a truth-teller, and a radiant guide ushering Black and Indigenous communities into their rightful place within the environmental narrative. Alongside her beloved husband Frank, she has traversed the country’s National Parks, not as tourists, but as reclamation artists — painting Black joy and ancestral memory across landscapes too long whitewashed.
Audrey's advocacy spans decades and systems, from confronting institutional exclusion in major conservation organizations to founding Earthwise Productions and the Diverse Environmental Leaders Speakers Bureau. Yet, at the core of her work is joy — not as a luxury, but as a radical practice. Her “Joy Train” blog speaks life into the overlooked, while her presence in rooms reminds us that nature belongs to everyone, and so does wonder. A champion of WAWA and the Outdoor Activity Center, she sees these spaces as sacred portals — both crown jewels and common ground — where we reconnect, remember, and rise.