My Roots

I’m Mexican, indigenous (Aztec), a woman of color, and an immigrant. My parents (who were farm workers) brought me to the U.S. when I was 5 years old. As a child, I was raised in trauma (much of it I found out during my healing process, was due to the impacts of colonization). I was raised around domestic violence, I lived in poverty, I was raised in a culture that oppressed women, I experienced abandonment (I didn’t see my parents for 2 years after they moved to the U.S.), I experienced bullying for many years (for being an immigrant, of color, and creative), and I was raised in a home that was rigid and controlling – just to name a few.

Reaching The American Dream

I managed to use my difficult experiences as a catalyst to create a better life for myself. At the age of 21, I became the first in my family to graduate from college. I had finally reached the American dream!

After college, I worked for a worldwide engineering firm in the San Francisco Bay Area as a Graphic Designer. I thought I had finally made it and at the same time, I felt like something inside me was missing. All through my life I also experienced random spells of depression, anxiety, and a sense of not belonging. My life felt like a constant struggle and yet to others, I appeared in control and strong.

Graduation day from the Art Institute of CA-SF

How My Near-Death Experience Changed The Course Of My Life

In 2010 I went through a near-death experience in a car accident that completely changed the course of my life. After that, I realized I didn’t know who I was and felt a strong pull to figure that out.

I went against my Mexican parents’ wishes and left my corporate job and moved to Sedona Arizona to live in a spiritual community where I would have the support to explore who I was. During this time I also earned my Master’s in Divinity Certification and became an Ordained Minister. This is where my journey as a Spiritual Coach began.

The point of my story is that I’ve experienced a lot of trauma. I was born into it and lived through it for many years. I never knew how much my trauma was controlling all aspects of my life. For example, through my trauma-healing journey, I learned I went to college as a way to get out of my toxic home situation. Yet, to my family, going to college was about living the American dream.

For many years I explored the New Age movement trying to find ways to heal, make a positive impact in the world, and help others. Yet no matter what spiritual modalities I tried, the impact didn’t last long. Soon I felt myself falling back into my spells of depression, anxiety, and feeling completely alone in the world.

A few months after moving to Sedona, AZ

What Finally Helped Me Heal From My Traumas

The Results From Healing From A Bunch Of My Traumas

The more I healed from my traumas the more I started to feel hopeful, happier, and clear in myself. I was finally connecting and living from my authentic and true self. I was creating a secure sense of self.

My confidence and self-esteem started to increase and new visions and goals for my life started to become clear. As I healed and shared my journey, others started to get inspired by my healing. This work helped me so much that I got trained in Parts Work and began working with clients to help them process their own traumas too!

I helped other Latinas and trauma survivors process their own traumas which ranged from depression, dealing with anger spells, not feeling safe in the world, gender inequality, and abandonment just to name a few.

Because trauma healing is only one step of the journey, I also got trained and became a Credentialed Holistic Life, Career, & Executive Coach (ACC – ICF) to support my clients in reaching their goals and actually manifesting their fullest potential in
the world.

Me, one year after working with IFS and Archetypes to heal from the traumas I experienced.

Supporting The Growth and Healing Women Like Me