Rooted programming, management and oversight is led by an interdisciplinary group of professionals that all walk their own path of rooting. They have roots in, amongst other places, Palestine, Suriname, Chile, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Egypt, Morocco, Friesland, the United States, Turkey, Australia, France, Armenia and The Netherlands.
Sacha
Sacha Post is a wilderness guide and philosopher who facilitates experiences that enable an embodied connection with nature and the wilderness. He aims to inspire people to live deeply rooted, aligned with the cyclical flow of nature.
Noor
Noor is the founder of Rooted. She has a vision for a more cohesive society and socially just world and takes action accordingly, as pioneer, social entrepreneur, speaker and migration policy advisor for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Bader
Bader is a professional chef who has a passion for culinary creativity, housed in his Palestinian roots. During Rooted, he integrates ingredients from participants’ home countries in his dishes. That’s what home tastes like.
Sandra
Sandra is a systemic coach and NLP practitioner. Her aim is to inspire people to find and recognize their roots and make them their strength to build up on. With my Surinamese-Dutch roots, I know this journey of discovery.
Andres
Andrés is a multicultural business leader and treasurer of the Rooted board. Rooted in Chile and The Netherlands, he aims to help people in finding, protecting and embracing their roots to find happiness and inner peace.
Charo
Charo is a singer, singing teacher, voice liberation and breathwork coach. As a child of two worlds, Bolivia and The Netherlands, her mission is to create unity and a sense of belonging – in the world and in ourselves.
Christina
Christina is a Rooted board member. She has a background in international law and works for the Dutch NGO branch association in the field of human rights and international development. Christina has Bulgarian roots.
Samar
Hester
Hester is a singing teacher and voice liberation facilitator. After a career in classical singing she decided to dedicate her time to letting other people’s voices and hearts sing too. She coaches people in finding their inner voice and the expression thereof.
Cathrien
Cathrien is one of the board members of Rooted. She has a background in art and journalism and currently works for the Dutch network VPRO. She is rooted in The Netherlands.
Pinar
Hannah
Hannah contributes to the development of our methodology. As research student in Migration and Multiculturalism, with roots in multiple countries, Hannah is interested in understanding how migrants navigate their search for belonging and home.
Nikki
Nikki is a board member of Rooted. With a background in anthropology and public policy, she aims to create spaces where diverse identities are celebrated. She has a strong passion for contributing to a more inclusive and cohesive society.
David
David is a medical student in the United Kingdom with roots in Armenia and The Netherlands. He manages Rooted’s social media and aspires to explore the intersection of health and migration in his future work.
Yeliz
Yeliz is a strategic facilitator dedicated to guiding groups in learning, collaborating, and co-creating. Her quest to enhance the health of people and planet drives her passion for agriculture, and cooking soul food.
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“In the nineties I fled from Sierra Leone to the Netherlands. Since then something has changed in me. I left country A and could never fully return as the person I was back then. Still I also never truly arrived in country B. I find myself in no man’s land. There, I dance between identities.”
Babah Tarawally, author, activist, journalist and speaker at Rooted
Rooted Board of Directors
Good governance and sound supervision are essential to keep the quality of our programming high. That is why we have a clear strategy, code of conduct and an active seven-person supervisory Board. The Board of Rooted supervises the policy, sets financial guidelines and has final responsibility for all Rooted activities. The Board gives solicited and unsolicited advice. The members are appointed by the Board itself. The members of the Rooted Board do their work voluntarily and are appointed for an indefinite term.
Our combined annual report of 2023 and 2024 will be available here by April 2025.
