Capra J'neva’s background in the fine arts brings a design basis to her involvement in the sciences and engineering of everything from 3-D software to revolutionary fuel systems. She is a recent graduate of Stanford’s Product Design master’s program where she received the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Award for industrial design, was a finalist in Design 21's Power to the Pedal contest, helped invent a laser cutting machine to make drip tape for the world's poorest farmers and garnered 1 European patent. She won 100K euros in the PICNIC Green Challenge international business and design competition for her thesis idea, affordable, scalable solar power systems for renters.

She has 12 years experience running her own multimedia development firm, and has worked with clients such as Intel, Merck, Nike, Miele, Clorox, Sunpower, Suez and Hewlitt Packard to create software, animations, product designs, market research and marketing communications. As a leader in the integrated ecological design and alternative fuels movements, she has lectured at Stanford University, Lewis & Clark College, Evergreen State in Washington, Portland State University and the Xopilote Institute in Mexico. She loves making products and interfaces that are easy and intuitive to use and that solve sticky problems, or communicate complex ideas with simplicity. She is passionate about providing affordable plug-and-play alternatives to help citizens contribute to a more sustainable future in their own communities.