Meet The Founders
AJ Austen
AJ Austen surfs through life on a wave of creativity. Between her passion for helping others celebrate their authenticity through artistry and her vivid imagination, AJ brings self-expression full circle in the hearts of our models as our Theme Coordinator. That same passion has driven her to build Meraki Tribe as one of its co-founders. She also brings creativity through the article and editorials she writes in our magazine as our Executive Creative Director, and actively works with charities to advance our Meraki Tribe Movement in order to bring love and acceptance of both self and of others to the rest of the world that we may all shine to the best of our ability. She practices living one rule above all others, "Be the change you want to see in the world."
Kat Taylor
Kat Taylor has been in the modeling industry for several years and is now giving back by building this company with twin flame and sister of the heart, AJ Austen. Prior to Meraki Tribe, she founded another modeling agency. Due to her own personal growths and the new direction she wanted her business to grow, Kat decided to close down her existing agency and, instead, build Meraki Tribe with her co-founder, business partner, and sister. Kat's ability to see the good in humanity and the beauty in the world emboldens her passion for helping others. Her empathetic heart and love of beauty sparks her own creativity, enabling her to organize charity events to help those in need and to advocate for causes in need of awareness, as our Chief Executive Director. Her dedication to Humanity is evidenced in everything that she does to better the world.
Unleash Your Warrior Goddess
"Warrior energy is a combination of focus, dedication, purpose, and determination. Consciously bringing these things together gives us our power. When we harness our warrior energy we are confident, clear, and bring 100 percent of ourselves to each action.
Goddess energy is our creative flow: unconditional love, pleasure, passion and wisdom. When we claim our goddess energy we live in joyful self-acceptance and self-respect, and we listen to our sacred inner voice."
(Quoted from the Warrior Goddess Training book by Heatherash Amara)