About Us

Viviana Rennella, Executive Director

Viviana has more than twenty years of experience leading social justice organizations. Before joining Windcall, she worked as a consultant, expanding her organizational development focus with wellness and mindfulness practices. She is the former Co-Executive Director of World Bridges, an international exchange and leadership development program for young organizers of color. She has also served as Program Director of several community training organizations, such as the Transnational Institute for Grassroots Research and Action, developing organizer networks and social justice leadership programs. She helped launch four of these organizations as start-ups where she honed expertise in systems development.

Viviana emigrated with her family as political refugees from Argentina in 1979. Working with immigrant communities across the country and internationally, she developed trainings and systems for language justice; she was member of the Language Access Coordinating Team for the US Social Forums in Detroit and Atlanta, as well as the World Social Forums in Venezuela and Brazil. Currently based in Oakland, CA, Viviana serves on the board of the East Bay Meditation Center and is passionate about ways for people and organizations to transform the spaces where they live and work into healthy and balanced environments that result in greater organizer resiliency and movements that are truly transformative.

Ayana M. Henderson, Administrative Assistant

Ayana brings a wealth of experience and a passion for serving others to her role as Administrative Assistant at Windcall. She earned her Associate degree in Business Management and Accounting from Roxbury Community College in 2003, was ordained as a minister in 2021, and received an Honorary Doctorate in Marketplace Ministry in 2024.

With over a decade of expertise in HR, Payroll, and Benefits, Ayana has also explored diverse career paths as a Doula, Massage Therapist, Pastry Chef, and Life Coach. Her multifaceted background fuels her commitment to between creating efficient systems for organizations and helping women heal and thrive.

A 5x International Best-Selling Author and TEDx speaker, Ayana has a passion for storytelling and sharing transformative ideas. Originally from Boston, MA—on the traditional lands of the Massachusett, Wampanoag, and Pawtucket tribes—she now resides in Atlanta, GA, on the ancestral lands of the Muskogee (Creek) and Cherokee peoples with her four children.

Through her work and personal pursuits, Ayana embodies a dedication to fostering community, enhancing operational excellence, and empowering others to step into their purpose.

Ayana aporta una gran experiencia y una pasión por servir a los demás en su rol como Asistente Administrativa en Windcall. Obtuvo su título asociado en Gestión Empresarial y Contabilidad en Roxbury Community College en 2003, fue ordenada como ministra en 2021 y recibió un Doctorado Honorario en Ministerio en el Mercado en 2024.

Con más de una década de experiencia en Recursos Humanos, Nómina y Beneficios, Ayana también ha explorado diversas carreras como Doula, Masajista, Chef Pastelera y Coach de Vida. Su variado trasfondo impulsa su compromiso tanto con la creación de sistemas eficientes para las organizaciones como con ayudar a las mujeres a sanar y prosperar.

Autora internacional de cinco best-sellers y oradora de TEDx, Ayana tiene una pasión por contar historias y compartir ideas transformadoras. Originaria de Boston, MA—en las tierras tradicionales de las tribus Massachusett, Wampanoag y Pawtucket—ahora reside en Atlanta, GA, en las tierras ancestrales de los pueblos Muskogee (Creek) y Cherokee, junto con sus cuatro hijos.

A través de su trabajo y actividades personales, Ayana encarna una dedicación a fomentar la comunidad, mejorar la excelencia operativa y empoderar a otros para que encuentren su propósito.

Dr. Alex Torres

Residencies Coordinator

Alex Torres has over ten years of experience of facilitating and advocating for implementing culturally sustaining and healing-centered educational approaches in public schools and higher education institutions in the Deep South. During her time as an English Learner teacher working with undocumented students, she did organizing work to advocate for improved resources. Alex is an ethnographer and writer whose doctoral work focused on addressing the educational needs of undocumented English Learners through a framework of desire and resiliency. Alex was a founding member of the Baton Rouge Immigrant Rights Coalition, worked closely with the Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants, served as the inaugural Latinx Director for Louisiana State University, was a member of the LGBTQ+ caucus, and co-developed the educational justice non-profit Humanities Amped where she serves on their board. Alex was born in Mexico City, grew up undocumented in rural Mississippi, and happily resides in South Louisiana. She believes in the power of building relationships and recognizes that individual healing is an ongoing process that is tied with the collective healing that our world needs.

Alex Torres tiene más de diez años de experiencia facilitando y defendiendo la implementación de enfoques educativos centrados en la curación y al respecto cultural en instituciones de educación. Durante su tiempo como maestra de aprendices de inglés trabajó con estudiantes indocumentados y abogó por recursos. Alex es una etnógrafa y escritora cuyo trabajo de doctorado se centró en abordar las necesidades educativas de los estudiantes de inglés indocumentados a través del deseo y resiliencia. Alex fue miembro fundador de la Coalición por los Derechos de los Inmigrantes de Baton Rouge, colaboró con la Organización de Luisiana para Refugiados e Inmigrantes, se desempeñó como Director Latinx inaugural de la Universidad Estatal de Luisiana, fue miembro del caucus LGBTQ+ y co-desarrolló la organización justicia educativa sin fines de lucro Humanities Amped, donde forma parte de su junta directiva. Alex nació en la Ciudad de México, creció indocumentada en la zona rural de Mississippi y vive felizmente en el sur de Luisiana. Ella cree en el poder de construir relaciones y reconoce que la sanación individual es un proceso continuo que está ligado a la sanación colectiva que nuestro mundo necesita.

Jayeesha Dutta (Windcall ’19 Alumni)

Program Director

Jayeesha Dutta (she/her) is a multi-coastal, tri-lingual Bengali-USAn interdisciplinary artist, cultural organizer and pop-ed facilitator protecting the waters from the Gulf of Mexico to the Bay of Bengal with over 30 years of experience in movement building. She is a co-founding member of Another Gulf Is Possible Collaborative, galvanizing folks from across the Gulf South to the Global South working towards a “just transition” for our people and the planet. Jayeesha also serves as co-chair of Eyewitness Palestine’s board of directors. She is a live music lover and adores being near (or in) any body of water. She was born on Choctaw lands aka Mobile, raised on Lenape lands aka New York, aged on Ohlone lands aka Oakland and Bulbancha aka New Orleans and now calls the lands of the Ais aka Port St Lucie home. 

Jayeesha Dutta (ella) es un artista interdisciplinario, organizador cultural y facilitador de pop-ed bengalí, bilingüe, casi trilingüe con más de treinta años de experiencia. Es socia co-fundadora de Another Gulf Is Possible Collaborative, galvanizando voces y experiencias de todo el Sur del Golfo hacia el Sur Global, trabajando hacia una transición justa para nuestra gente y el planeta. Ella sirve es miembro de la junta directiva de “Eyewitness Palestine”. Jayeesha es un amante de la música en vivo y adora estar cerca (o en) cualquier cuerpo de agua. Nació en la tierra de los Choctaw (Mobile), se crió en la tierra de los Lenape (Nueva York), envejeció en la tierra de los Ohlone (Oakland) y Bulbancha (Nueva Orleans) y ahora vive en la tierra de los Ais (Puerto de Santa Lucía).