our team

Illustration of a smiling woman with curly hair styled in two buns, wearing glasses, hoop earrings, and a black top, with a geometric yellow background.
A woman with glasses and braids, smiling and resting her chin on her hand, sitting at a desk with a quote about art and imagination, attributed to Leigh Robbie Gaymon-Jones.
Illustration of a tall, green cactus with multiple arms against a black background.
Illustration of a blue saguaro cactus with multiple arms on a black background.
A woman with dark hair wearing a yellow satin blouse sitting outdoors among green plants.

Leigh Robbie

Founder, CEO &
Chief Creative Officer

Gaymon-Jones

A black-and-white digital illustration of a smiling woman with shoulder-length wavy hair and hoop earrings, set against a yellow brick wall background.
Portrait of a woman with curly hair standing outdoors among green foliage, wearing a sleeveless top and a necklace, smiling softly.

Anchal

Communications, Marketing & Design

Bibra

Digital illustration of a smiling woman with shoulder-length dark hair, wearing a shirt, against a yellow background with abstract shapes.

Communications &
SEO Strategy

Esqueda

Vale

A stylized illustration of a person with short hair, wearing large round glasses, a dark shirt, and a small necklace, set against a yellow background with abstract shapes.
A young man with black hair, glasses, and a light blue checkered shirt smiling outdoors in front of green plants.

Graphic Design & Website Design   

Ho

Sam

Digital illustration of smiling man with dark hair and beard, wearing a black shirt, against a yellow abstract background.

Jordan

B

Graphic Design & Illustration

A digital drawing of a woman with dark hair, earrings, and a confident smile, set against a yellow background with abstract shapes.
A man sitting outdoors on a wooden bench among green plants, wearing a beige short-sleeve button-up shirt, brown shorts, and a beige cap, smiling slightly.

Shannon

O’Neill Creighton

Graphic Design & Website Design   

Zakiya

Johnson

Event Production &
Social Media Management

Event Production &
Graphic Design

Agarwal

Chandna

Cultural Strategy

Joni L. Jones

Omi Osun

Ragni

Agarwal

Graphic Design & Illustration 

Zubia Calsada

Videography &
Event Production

Rheanna

‘Caedance’ Lauren

Event Production& Social Media Documentation

Jannine

Mancilla

Event Production

Shana

Turner

Program Collaboration
Community Solstice 

Jenna Bean

Veatch

Program Collaboration 

Meet our
creative director

LEIGH ROBBIE GAYMON-JONES (she/her) is a visionary creative leader with a dynamic background as an interdisciplinary artist, facilitator, program director and community builder. As the founder of The Nest she has been connecting with communities through creativity and craft for over two decades. She is a natural-born cheerleader for big, bold ideas and innovative dreamers. The clients, community and team of creatives at The Nest inspire Leigh Robbie’s imagination every day. She is delighted to witness The Nest continue to expand, shift and flourish, shaped by collaboration and partnership with an ever- growing number of creative minds.

Leigh Robbie is thrilled by the places where function meets beauty, form meets magic, and possibilities emerge. At her core, Leigh Robbie is a radical dreamer with a wild imagination, excited to foster connection with changemakers working towards a collective thriving future.