Gus Labayen (he/him) creates a world of healed peace. Listening with the ear’s heart and finding joy in the ordinary are the primary postures. He is the shop director for 2nd Cycle Community Bike Shop, is on its DEI committee, and currently serves on the board of Resilient Community Partners, a long-standing housing and advocacy group of neighbors in the Hilltop. A graduate in piano, pipe organ and voice, he plays music locally in the South Puget Sound. Gus and his wife Jordan live on the North Slope neighborhood of Tacoma. He is first-generation Filipino-American