Casey Sheppard gets lost. She thrives on solo adventures that range from van life to bike packing across NZ to paddle board camping and more. Birthed into the arts, Sheppard creates worlds within animation/stop motion, shadow puppets, voice over, the written word, music, photos, and films to share her personal experiences on Earth and, maybe one day, beyond!

Sheppard’s debut documentary, Those Among, won Best Woman Director & Best Documentary at the Only The Best International Film Festival. She received a Social Change Maker grant from The Pollination Project (2020) for Those Among Documentary. Sheppard was also the first recipient of the Big Agnes Bob Swanson Memorial Grant (2018) for her solo self supported bike ride across both Islands of Aotearoa (New Zealand) and was named Best Digital Content by Upventur (2017). She has created content for Matador Network, Dirty Jane, Women Who Explore, Big Agnes, Biolite, and more.

Sheppard’s ZINE, COTN Punk Stories from the Wild, Aotearoa Part 1 about her solo self supported bike ride across Aotearoa (NZ) was self published in early 2023. A portion of the sales goes to New Zealand Red Cross to help aid with the disaster caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in February 2023. Aotearoa Part 2 is scheduled for release in late 2023/early 2024.

In 2023, Sheppard received her 200 RYT, Mindfulness Meditation, Yin, Restorative teacher certifications from YogaRenew. She is in the process of creating her own somatic movement practice embracing Nature, Mother Earth as her constant teacher.

Sheppard is based in the southwest where she spends as much time as possible exploring, creating, training Aikido & Yoga/Somatics, and most importantly…playing in the dirt.