Mozi
Head of Community
Venice LA, California USA
Justine is a versatile community builder with 14+yrs long track record in crafting engaging experiences and driving community initiatives. Her expertise spans diverse audiences, having worked & consulted for prominent brands, NGOs, and organizations, like the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History & Culture, JSwipe, Magic Collective, Everyday Dose, Superfly and more.
Formerly a career Maritime Archaeologist, Justine's impactful work included researching and excavating slave-trade shipwrecks and underwater heritage management. She co-founded Youth Diving With a Purpose and conducted research on the illegal antiquities trade in the Middle East. Here is where she started her community outreach career.
She also has specialty building community in Web3, leveraging her knowledge of emergent technologies with proven models of authentic connection to build robust and engaging networks in digital spaces.
Justine is a sought-after heart-lead human connector and leader, bringing a unique perspective and passion for creating inclusive, engaging, and impactful communities to every project.
Justine holds a BA and MA in Archaeology and Anthropology from The George Washington University, and her PhD, on hiatus from Leiden University, focuses on underwater heritage management. Always living out of her suitcase, she brings a wealth of experiences built around creating more love and belonging in the world and her superpower hugs wherever she goes.Justine is a versatile community builder with 14+yrs long track record in crafting engaging experiences and driving community initiatives. Her expertise spans diverse audiences, having worked & consulted for prominent brands, NGOs, and organizations, like the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History & Culture, JSwipe, Magic Collective, Everyday Dose, Superfly and more. Formerly a career Maritime Archaeologist, Justine's impactful work included researching and excavating slave-trade shipwrecks and underwater heritage management. She co-founded Youth Diving With a Purpose and conducted research on the illegal antiquities trade in the Middle East. Here is where she started her community outreach career. She also has specialty building community in Web3, leveraging her knowledge of emergent technologies with proven models of authentic connection to build robust and engaging networks in digital spaces. Justine is a sought-after heart-lead human connector and leader, bringing a unique perspective and passion for creating inclusive, engaging, and impactful communities to every project. Justine holds a BA and MA in Archaeology and Anthropology from The George Washington University, and her PhD, on hiatus from Leiden University, focuses on underwater heritage management. Always living out of her suitcase, she brings a wealth of experiences built around creating more love and belonging in the world and her superpower hugs wherever she goes.
Offer
I spent my former career (14 years) telling the stories of the slave trade from a maritime archeological lens, created a non-profit that is still going 13 years later focused on youth education and public outreach within maritime archaeology, worked on coral reef restoration in the Keys, worked on sunken WWII Tuskegee aircrafts, and also was combating the illegal looting of antiquities in the Middle East. So at my heart I am a storyteller. All while doing these things, I was heavily involved in community development with the various stakeholders in that world which has evolved now to community building. My niche and function now is to bring heart into impact and creating connection. My superpower is to create whole-hearted love through my experience design, storytelling, and community leadership. I now get to bring products like Mozi to our world which helps people see the people that they care about more often with an app that does the legwork for them. Bringing products and tools into the ether that make our lives more connected while making our lives easier (with trust and privacy as pillars) is such a dream come true.
NEED
getting network effect - my love and my communities are my capital and the biggest challenge is finding the edges of those and how to continue to scale past them while still maintaining integrity (and personal nourishment).
Call-to-Action
CTA is to help us all love more genuinely from a place of authenticity. And from a product standpoint, to help me get our ship + extended networks/communities on Mozi so we can continue to see one another with ease all over the world and make real lasting IRL connections.
