Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative

Libre Rocha (Lipan Apache / Mexica) is a Two-Spirit Navy Veteran from Austin, Texas, who served aboard the USS Carr during deployment to West Africa. He brings a strong background in Indigenous land-based healing, conservation, and community organizing. A member of the Native American Church, Libre is committed to preserving the sacred medicine and peyote lifeways for future generations.

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Libre studied Apache language at Tohono O’odham College and is passionate about language preservation and cultural revitalization. He previously served as Volunteer Manager for the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project, a Lipan Apache matriarchal-led “Iyanne” buffalo conservation herd working to restore the buffalo to the South Texas prairie.

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He is the founder of Nopal & Mesquite Sacred Pathways, an Indigenous-led nonprofit dedicated to restoring land stewardship and generational healing through ceremony, art, and animal therapy. Libre draws on a wide range of experience and traditional knowledge—from his work as a tattoo artist and Aveda stylist in Brooklyn, to adobe construction, urban farming, and designing off-grid tiny homes in Atlanta, Georgia.