Dalaeja Foreman (she/they) is a world-builder, martial artist, curator, wood-worker and first-generation Caribbean-New Yorker. She is passionate about holistic wellness for individuals and soon to be liberated communities and has been practicing and teaching Muay Thai for 18+ years. Radical pedagogy, reclaiming public space, and liberatory action are central to her curatorial and organizing practices; specifically with the goal of prototyping counter-hegemonic ideologies and actions, combating internalized misconceptions oppressed people have of ourselves, and emphasizing resistance through direct action and cultural production.
Dalaeja is one of three founders of the woodworking cooperative, breadfruit. As well as the founder/owner of a mobile martial arts school named Metamorphosis Movement.