Hi, I’m Hazel Knight — a seasoned digital community builder working at the intersection of creativity, spirituality, and meaningful online connection. I specialize in heart-centered digital spaces and have guided community engagement for initiatives such as The Wild Church Network, The BTS Center, The Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, Extravagance UCC, and Agnes Scott College.

Alongside my digital work, I’m also a certified nature therapy guide, outdoor spiritual caregiver, and retreat facilitator. I’ve led two cohorts of the Ecospiritual Leaders Online course for The BTS Center and have guided eco-spiritual practices and nature-based retreats in landscapes around the world — from Latvia and Germany’s Black Forest to Harvard Divinity School, Arkansas, Florida, Maine, and Singapore.

My path here hasn’t been a straight line (more winding forest trail than paved road). I’ve taken aerial photographs, taught at Zoo Atlanta, worked in stage management, and supported instructional technology at a grassroots neighborhood school. Eventually, that wandering led me to Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, where I studied progressive and liberation theologies, pastoral care, and contemplative practice.

I’m a digital nomad based in Southeast Asia with my wife, who is an international school teacher. My worldview is shaped by an internationally itinerant life and my work is deeply informed by the places and communities I’ve encountered. Traveling across cultures has attuned me to the many ways people seek belonging — not only in forests and retreat circles, but also through screens, stories, and digital gathering spaces. That global perspective carries into my design sensibility: thoughtful, human, grounded, and always oriented toward creating online environments where people can breathe, connect, and feel truly at home.