Who We Are
The House of Possibilities is an emerging organization in The Wedge neighborhood of South Minneapolis co-led by Alissa Case and Vanessa Hoff, two residents, educators, artists and community organizers with decades of experience working in schools and with movements for justice.
Vanessa Hoff is an artist, teacher, and researcher, shaped by over 20 years within the vibrant tapestry of community and educational settings. She invites critical thought and wild imagination as vessels for dreaming what could be. Guided by empathy, her practice listens deeply—honoring curiosity, layered expression, and the power of meaningful exchange. With a heart attuned to collaboration and the beauty of the unknown, she tends to spaces where growth unfolds, fluid and alive, where wonder takes root and possibility blooms.
She is a doctoral candidate in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, where her arts-based research weaves together narrative inquiry, embodied and somatic ways of knowing, the fleeting nature of experience, and the layered complexities of intersectional, multimodal expression.
Alissa Case is a white, queer dreamer — lover of ideas and of people, facilitator and educator, leader and community member, beloved, partner, and parent. They have lived on the Dakota land known as Minneapolis for 25 years and have a deep love and reverence for this place where the people, trees, water, plants, and creatures have held, taught, nurtured, and grown them. They are honored to call Minneapolis home, to be shaped by its seasons and its struggles, its grief, power, love and brilliance.
For over two decades, Alissa has worked in education—across K–12 schools and higher education, in classrooms and in leadership. They are a facilitator, educator (BA, MA, and PhD), creator, and gardener shaped by and growing through commitments to educational, racial, queer, and trans justice, and the broader work of revolution. Their praxis is informed by ongoing study of Black Feminist wisdom and visionary theories of change, grappling with questions of scale, love, community, and sustainable transformation, reflecting and learning through relationship, and growing practices for collective liberation.
“We seek to serve the community we live in through a sustained commitment to the nourishment, joy, and experimentation necessary for our collective liberation.”
Fiscal Sponsorship
We are grateful to our fiscal sponsor, LHENA (Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association), for its support and partnership. Check out all of the amazing work they are doing in The Wedge neighborhood at: https://thewedge.org/