I was born in Cuba in 1974, in an illegal settlement, to a single mother of three. I grew up in profound poverty, sometimes without electricity, running water, or indoor plumbing.

My childhood was both breathtakingly beautiful and deeply challenging. It was beautiful because, well, it was Cuba, and Cuba in many ways is like heaven on Earth—the white sandy beaches, the lush vegetation…

The people and culture were also alive with joy, music, dancing, and diversity, reflecting the deep roots of our ancestors from Africa, Spain, and the Indigenous Taíno of the Caribbean.

But my life in Cuba was also marked by scarcity. I fainted from malnutrition several times, spent long periods without shoes, and experienced the effects of a lack of proper nutrition on my body and mind.

My family also lived under the weight of political repression and spiritual persecution, unable to express our beliefs or explore our spirituality freely.

When I was 21 years old, in 1995, my family and I fled Cuba as political refugees. We came to the United States and settled in North Carolina.

Shortly after arriving, I became a single mother, raising my child in a country where I didn’t know the language or culture. Life was difficult, but I was determined to create a better future.

I began my education at a community college, eventually earning two certificates from Duke University (one in Communication and one in Creative Writing.) Later, I pursued a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Bennington College.

For many years, I worked as a writer, editor, music journalist, and freelance web designer. Then, in 2016, the political climate in the United States inspired me to go to seminary. I enrolled in a three-year Master of Divinity program, where I studied spirituality and religion from diverse perspectives. It deepened my understanding of the sacredness of life and my reverence for the natural world. After graduating, I worked at Fountain Street Church in Michigan, but the upheavals of 2020 sent me into what I now call my “Underworld Journey,” and everything changed after that.

During this time, I faced parts of myself that felt chaotic and overwhelming—parts that seemed like they were driving me mad.

What I discovered was life-changing: these were immature parts of me that weren’t trying to harm me—they were calling for my attention, my embodiment, and my care. They wanted me to be present with them, to give them the resources they needed to flourish; the resources they never received because of the systems I had been born into.

This journey taught me the profound power of somatic work, nervous system regulation, and the ancient wisdom of astrology, the I-Ching, and Human Design.

I began to see that transformation happens through embodied maturation—a process of nurturing and integrating all the parts of ourselves so that we can move from chaos to flow, from disconnection to wholeness.

I also saw the importance of RISING WITH DIGNITY, because our dignity is often stripped by social systems of oppression, and we have to reclaim it.

Now, this is the work I do with my clients, my family, and my community. Together, we are transforming our lives through the process of maturation and reality creation. We are reclaiming our aliveness, embodying our wholeness, and creating reality from a place of maturity and flow.