Biography
Ila Malhotra Gregory is a facilitator, speaker, weaver and continually curious being. They have a background in youth activism, re-imagining systems and holding spaces for honest, meaningful discussion and self inquiry. Ila has spent the last two years co-creating curricula that teach personal and emotional awareness to other young people, and training teachers and staff members to facilitate this in their own settings. Previously, they worked on a spiritual ecology project that connects faith and community groups with farmers to plant and care for hedgerows. They are the Community and Allyship Weaver at YouthxYouth exploring how we might organise, in ways that are both effective and beautiful, by growing meaningful relationships with one another. Ila has a strong commitment to caring for the Earth and, in their work and in their own life, is exploring ways of being founded on reciprocity and relationality.