The Tropicalist was founded by Madhavi Peters.
The flower in photo is Cistanche salsa, a parasitic desert plant that grows in Central Asia.
Raised in Indonesia and India, she did her higher education in North America. She graduated with honours in Asian Studies from William Smith College and then went on to obtain an MA from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a J.D. from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. She is a member of the New York bar and has worked in law and media in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, New Delhi and Tokyo. She speaks Mandarin, Bahasa Indonesia, Hindi, Tamil and French with varying degrees of fluency. She divides her time between North America and Asia, where she partners with local communities for various projects.
Email: mmpeters@thetropicalist.press