Jayce Baron, an award-winning filmmaker, author, and internationally recognized advocate for survivor-led reform, today announced the development of Anka House, a regenerative wellness estate in Portugal designed to support healing, land stewardship, and long-term cultural impact.
Located in Portugal’s Castelo Branco region, Anka House will span more than 250 acres and serve as the flagship site for a new model of wellness and hospitality rooted in regeneration rather than extraction. The estate is being developed with a focus on low-density design, environmental responsibility, and long-term engagement, positioning Portugal as the first anchor in a broader international vision.
“Anka House is the physical manifestation of survival becoming stewardship,” said Baron. “After over a decade of work in advocacy, storytelling, and systems change, this project represents what it looks like to build something enduring from lived experience where healing, land, and culture are treated with care, intention, and respect. It is not an escape from the world, but a place designed to restore people so they can return to it with clarity and strength.”
The development is supported by a Global Advisory Board whose members include trauma specialists, wellness experts, regenerative farmers, and international developers from the United States, Portugal, Monaco, Singapore, and beyond. Together, the board brings cross-disciplinary expertise to ensure the project is grounded in ethical development, trauma-informed practice, and sustainable growth.
Anka House is being developed in alignment with Portugal’s national priorities around sustainable eco-tourism, rural revitalization, agriculture, and regenerative land use, and in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including responsible consumption and production, climate action, and sustainable communities. The project emphasizes long-term value creation through community partnership, environmental stewardship, and thoughtful design rather than short-term scale.
Baron’s work spans trauma research in collaboration with Yale University and policy advocacy, including contributing to the passage of California’s SB 813 in 2016, which revoked the statute of limitations on rape charges, a year before the #MeToo Movement went viral and helped spark a broader shift toward healing, realization, and accountability.
The Portugal estate marks the first phase of Anka House, with additional international locations planned. Phase one of development is currently underway.
“This is not a trend-driven wellness concept,” Baron added. “It’s infrastructure for healing, built slowly, responsibly, and with the intention to last.”
