Aurora Flynn, MEM
Research scholar, cultural liaison, former director Ouroboros Agency
Aurora Flynn is a filmmaker and research scholar at the Ronin Institute where she looks at the transformational capacity and resilience of socio-ecological systems.
She obtained her Masters of Environmental Management at Western Colorado University, focusing on sustainable and resilient communities, and is a California naturalist. She did her postgraduate training at London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art.
Her work focuses on understanding and the emergences of psycho-social fabrics of communities around the world. From the landscapes of human consciousness to the creations of the systems in the built environment and management of the natural world, she works to unite and harness the human capacity to create as a collective.
She has worked for many years as a cultural liaison, regenerative systems consultant, and facilitator for community dialogues and planning. She also teaches in academia.
She over 15-years experience working with a variety of tribes and diverse communities from around the world.
She has a background in restorative justice and conflict resolution, regenerative agriculture/holistic management, climate action plans and community action based research, community planning process models, wildlife biology, and storytelling.
“My applied and theoretical research focuses on community and ecosystem resiliency, adaptive capacity, and transformational capacity of socio-ecological systems. My research centers on five select cross-cultural sociological and psychological indicators that multidisciplinary research suggests are the emergent drivers behind these concepts including the proliferation of sustainable development itself. Mv applied research was done within the context of climate action planning for a higher education institution, whereby I evaluated and assessed correlations of these cross-cultural indicators to the institution's greenhouse as emission footprint and mitigation efforts. These indicators were then increased with a 5-week training program I designed for "transformational learning" where we explored across multiple fields of study concepts to do with identity self, culture, cognition, communication, transformation of the self, perception, trauma, self-directed neuroplasticity, and emotional awareness. This enabled a shift in the participant's perspective of their subjective realities, identities, implicit biases, and limiting beliefs, all of which potentially keep community from interconnecting and moving forward powerfully in a transitionary process towards sustainability.”
"Aurora Flynn is brilliant. She is sensitive, intuitive, and wise beyond her years, like she has lived before and is here to share deeper truths. She has the unique ability to combine science and nature and deliver her knowledge in a gentle non-threatening manner. She has a gentle and soothing nature and is beyond capable. She builds strong individuals and strong communities!”
~Sally JJ Romero
Director, Multicultural Affairs, Western Colorado University
“Aurora Flynn facilitated the ‘Leadership in Times of Climate Change’ training program with Western’s Peer Mentoring group that transformed the way the group worked together. She was able to create dialogue between them that not only opened their hearts to their fellow colleagues, but also opened up parts of themselves that they had not seen before.This allowed them to be raw and authentic, and to show up for their co-hort of 450+ freshmen mentees and make sure they were being seen, heard, and valued on their own turf. Aurora created space for them to think about where they come from, the science behind how they perceive life, and also create a harmonious dynamic of how to work with others that are different from themselves. It was truly astonishing to see the alteration in thinking that occurred in the short 6-week program!”
~Annie Westbury
Program Coordinator-EPIC Mentorship Program, Western Colorado University
"Aurora Flynn at the Ouroboros Agency, works tirelessly to support and transform personal, professional and global growth within the needs of her clients, specializing in an individual journey."
~Shelley Janson
Director, Resident Life, Western Colorado University
“Within minutes, Aurora was making connections about my life, my personality, the difficulties I was having, and my project. I really cannot explain what happened in the meeting, but she intuitively understood me- I truly think she understood my problems more than I did. She had a way of talking me through them. I experienced awe- true awe- of how intuitive she was. I was speechless.”
~Rachel Weakland
Program Director, Global Leaders, Inc.
