Alaya A. Dannu, MA, M.Ed. (aka Diya Dannu) is completing her doctoral degree in Education at Fielding University. Her topic of inquiry explores the transmission of ancestral memory across generations experienced through dreams, focusing on the re-emergent Matriarchal wisdom tradition of her foremothers and its potential value in addressing contemporary societal and environmental issues. 

She is a spiritual midwife, artist, and sacred dancer. She is also a volunteer member of the Diversity Advisory Committee of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, advocating for more awareness and inclusivity of BIPOC dreams and dreaming traditions within dream research and studies.