03/30/2026
This March, we're honoring the woman who built the foundation BTC stands on.
Meet Taraneh, previous Executive Director and owner of Be the Change Collective and the reason this community exists the way it does.
Taraneh created something rare. A space that felt genuinely inclusive, purposeful, and rooted in accessible community well-being long before it was a talking point. She set BTC on that path and held it there.
When the current Executive Director, Kat, joined in 2016, she never looked back, this was exactly the community that was calling to her. That's the kind of vision Taraneh carried.
Her work continues through her own practice, where she supports people in healing and deepening their connection to their bodies through somatics, yoga, movement, ritual, and creativity. With nearly a decade of facilitating trauma-sensitive healing spaces, she brings a wide, responsive toolkit to every person and community she serves.
These days, she is also nurturing something just as sacred, a new baby and the family she is growing.
BTC's community knows and loves us because of the foundation she built. That is her legacy.
To Taraneh, thank you for creating something worth continuing. Everything we are grew from what you planted. We will always honor you every chance we get.
