While at Brown University, Aïcha developed her own field of study in Transnational Indigenous Memory: a multidisciplinary exploration of Indigenous communities globally and their intimate ways of knowing, being with the world, and nurturing memory generationally and through diaspora. While living in Providence, Aïcha spent much of her time working closely with recently-resettled refugees as an adult ESL instructor, K-12 tutor, and caregiver. She has worked with several farms and greenspaces over the years, bringing forth her passion for food & land sovereignty and ethnobotany, while supporting local initiatives to make high-quality, locally-grown food more accessible. She has worked intimately with students in her home village in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco; in the valleyside of Ollantaytambo, Perú; and in mountainous Talamarang, Nepal. While living in Barbados, she studied at the Errol Barrow Center for Creative Imagination, exhibiting her work in sound and film. Aïcha is passionate about plant medicine and other botanical rituals, textiles, and jewelry-making. She has spent the last year in Rabat, Morocco teaching language courses, facilitating at a makerspace, and pursuing a metal work apprenticeship. Aïcha is fluent in Arabic (/Darija), proficient in Spanish and Tamazight, and has previously led Putney’s Service Morocco programs.