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DAVID CAPOCCI (he/him) is one of the owners of the gay-owned and operated homestead campground (open to the general public), Paca Pride Guest Ranch.

Along with his husband, Glenn Budlow, and business partner, Tim Leingang, the three purchased a raw logged parcel of land to build a legacy project out in the mountains for the public. They went from city boys to mountain ranchers, parlaying their experience in yurt camping, as members of an LGBTQ community campground further up the road, into a business plan to reinvent the family farm and bring ‘glamping’ to the public.

Paca Pride offer yurts and tent camping along the national scenic byway in western Washington called the Mountain Loop Hwy. Paca Pride is also a demonstration farm to the public on permaculture approaches leveraging livestock to bring abundance to a mountain meadow ecology. Guests are welcome to engage with our morning farm chores, and tours are always free. Paca Pride is ‘Base Camp’ for your Mountain Loop experience: featuring famed hikes along this scenic destination. To learn more about the farm, and booking your “yurt” vacay amongst Alpacas and other farm folk, visit www.pacapride.com

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KYNE SANTOS (she/her) is a world class drag queen, mathematics communicator, author, podcast host, and keynote speaker.

Known as the math queen, Kyne appeared on Canada's Drag Race S1 and makes popular educational videos on social media about math, science, history, and drag, which have been viewed more than 350 million times. With her irreverent style and unique perspective, Kyne investigates mathematical mysteries, showing viewers that math is fun, artistic, and inclusive, while educating us about the art of drag. She explores surprising connections, such as the elegance of ballroom culture and the nature of infinity, the rebellious joys of Pride and dividing by zero, and the role of statistics in her own experience on Drag Race.


She holds a math degree from the University of Waterloo, hosts the drag-STEM podcast Think Queen, and recently published a book with Johns Hopkins University Press, titled MATH IN DRAG. Kyne brings her book tour to Vancouver at the Rio Theatre Monday April 29th, from 7:00PM - 9:00PM, you can get your tickets at crossandcrowbooks.com and to find out more about the Artist herself, check her out on Insta at @onlinekyne