Wisdom Weavers Session 10 - Holistic Well-being & Healing

Alicia Lueras Maldonado, is a facilitator, coach, consultant and strategist.  She holds Bachelor of Arts degrees inCommunication & Journalism, and Spanish from the University of New Mexico.She received her coaching certification from Leadership that Works, which is anAccredited Coach Training Program (ACTP) with the International Coach Federation. Her coaching focuses on personal transformation and growth, equity, and leadership and organizational development. She incorporates visualization, breath work, meditation, journaling, storytelling and movement as part of her coaching.

Alicia’s background in politics, the arts, community and social justice organizing gives her a unique perspective, which she brings to her practice. As the Founder & ChiefExecutive Officer, she has over 25 years of social justice organizing, management, consulting and facilitation experience. In addition, Alicia is also an actor, writer, photographer, level II reiki practitioner and certified yoga instructor. She integrates all these disciplines into her work.

Ariane Mahmud-Ghazi is an Afghan-American somatic psychotherapist, an experiential educator, a creativity coach, and a trauma consultant. Key professional offerings include

- A lifelong commitment to child protection, gender parity, maternal & child health, family welfare and community building.  

- A clinical background in social work and trauma recovery with a focus on ecological approaches to community mobilization & post-conflict transformation.

- Multicultural awareness and experience working locally and internationally.

Ariane is committed to supporting those who strengthen our social fabric, who honor peace & the mosaic of cultures across the globe, who stand for social justice, and for placing the welfare of children & nature at the heart of all levels of innovation & decision-making.  She is passionate about restoring relationships that have been disrupted by social, collective and generational trauma and facilitates conversations and experiential workshops for health, wellness, self-regulation, conflict resolution, and post-traumatic growth to develop joint collaborative actions for social transformation. Find out more at ecologyofbeingyou.com.

Giovianna Burrell (she/her) is committed to the work of education and healing with their ability to create authentic change. She has a Bachelor of Science in Family/Child Studies with a Minor in Dance. In 2019, she received her Masters of Art in Educational Leadership, Policy & Administration where she wrote her thesis on the mental health impacts of the education system on Black women and girls and it’s false promises of “liberation”. Both degrees are from the University of New Mexico.

Giovianna has worked in the field of education for over 10 years in various settings from public/community schools to non-profit. Giovianna’s work in education includes developing and managing educational programming for youth, teens, young adults, and in her previous role with adults as she was appointed to the City of Albuquerque Office of Equity & Inclusion as the first Culture Change Leader. She has recently transitioned to the Public Health Institute (based in Oakland, CA) as a Program Manager (Co-Lead) developing & implementing racial equity, anti-racism, and social justice curriculum for the Capitol Collaborative for Race & Equity (CCORE) that is a learning and capacity building program for California state employees. In August 2023, she visioned & launched a healing learning cohort for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color state employees and community members in California called the CCORE Transformative Leadership Cohort. Although, her work is based in California now, she is still lives and works in Albuquerque, New Mexico which she has been for the past 15 years. She also created and facilitated many meaningful workshop spaces to critically dialogue about race, gender, intersectionality, and other social justice topics. Supporting Black, Indigenous folx and communities of color to reach their greatest potential through education, embodiment, and healing is where her passion lies in this work. Through her consulting business Saff’s Sanctuary LLC she is actualizing this passion.