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Valeriya Olegovna Epshteyn

Valeriya Olegovna Epshteyn (she/hers) is the co-eggxecutive director of The Next Egg, a project of the Sustainable Economies Law Center, LIFT Economy, and Michael Shuman. The Next Egg is a community of practice for people with retirement savings who seek to divest from Wall Street and reinvest in the thriving of all life. Valeriya studied Environmental Justice at the University of Michigan and entered social movement work through fossil fuel divestment organizing. She studies with Hong Gwi-Seok at the Iyengar Yoga Detroit Collective. Valeriya is from Ukraine, and she currently lives on Anishinaabe land, aka Highland Park, MI.