In their work as a cooperator, Steele has organized and co-managed various cooperative housing projects, worker co-ops, and commons since 2011. In 2018, she worked for NoBAWC in the development of its latest regional worker co-op map.

They have been involved with various cooperative development and commoning projects in the Pacific Northwest since 2019, including the NWCDC, Cascade Cooperatives, and the Karate Church Commons in Bellingham, WA.

In 2013-15, she served as an operations manager for Villagecraft, an effort to create a decentralized educational commons in the Bay Area.