About Us

BAOBOB is the acronym for Bay area Org of Black Owned Businesses. And that’s no accident.  We take pride in the natural connection between our name and the baobab tree.  One of the oldest species of trees on the planet, the baobab tree is indigenous to the African content and commonly known as the “tree of life” because every part of the baobob tree nourishes the people around it…  the leaves, the fruit, even the roots and the trunk itself.  We are committed to making everything we produce as useful to our community as the baobab tree is the world around it.

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About Us

Our
team

The dedicated folks behind it all.

YaVette

Founder

YaVette's work centers around collective economics as a means of returning power to the people. She's committed to pushing the boundaries of intentional commerce.

Gloria Tajtaj

Project Brilliance and Momentum

Gloria Tajtaj is an event organizer/curator, art fabricator, photographer and upcoming horticulturist, whose works center the involvement and amplification of BIPOC in their local community. Born and raised in the Bay Area (Oakland & Berkeley), by Guatemalan and Brazilian parents, influenced them to seek the perspective of many, in order to connect folks through both their commonalities and differences.

Davis

Mastermind

Davis identifies as a "multipotentialite" (person with many interests and creative pursuits). I love music, visual design, photography, creative coding, illustration and working on all sorts of collaborative creative projects. I graduated from UCSC with a degree in the History of Art and Visual Culture and currently work at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

Elvis

Design Conduit, a Purveyor of Design + Creation.

Elvis is a designer with a thorough appreciation of cultures and enthusiastic about growing at all levels.

Our
team

The dedicated folks behind it all.

YaVette

Founder

YaVette's work centers around collective economics as a means of returning power to the people. She's committed to pushing the boundaries of intentional commerce.

Elvis

Graphics

Elvis is a designer with a thorough appreciation of cultures and enthusiastic about growing at all levels.

Davis

Mastermind

EB (pronounced Eb) truly sees "life" as processes and the bigger picture. However you need to get to the "end" of something, she can figure out how to accomplish it. EB is committed to ensuring the body of BAOBOB functions as it needs to.

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We would love for you to join the BAOBOB team.  Click the button below to see our available opportunities.