Alyssa N. Villegas Rodriguez is a BoriNegra multi-disciplinary artist, organizer, farmer, herbalist born and raised in Uptown, Chicago, IL. For the past decade plus, she curated and developed artistic and cultural programming throughout the city ranging from spoken word to bomba puertorriqueña. In addition to cultural work, Alyssa has spent a decade facilitating agricultural programming for high school and elementary age students in Humboldt Park. Most recently, she completed the herbal apprenticeship program at Urban Grower's Collective, where she also worked as an herb grower and facilitated public workshops and herb walks. Alyssa is also a principal dancer of Bomberx D'Cora, an Afro-Puerto Rican bomba ensemble, as well as a member of the collective of La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón.