PART 1: LIFE BEFORE TRAUMA

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 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 public speaker

In 2016, the political climate in the United States inspired me to enroll 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.”

Part 2: TRAUMA COMES INTO MY LIFE

Looking back at my life, what impacted me the most was not the poverty and personal hardship—it was systemic trauma.

Even after escaping the visible oppression of a political regime, in the United States, I found myself trapped in abusive invisible systems of urgency and extraction; systems that praised productivity over presence, that rewarded disconnection from the body, that disconnect us from The Earth, that do not value the feminine…

My nervous system became traumatized, meaning that I lost executive functioning and the survival brain took over my body.

I didn’t carry bruises, but my nervous system did.

For years, I lived in survival mode.

And eventually, my body said: Enough.

And that’s when my real journey began.

Over the next five years, I devoted myself to studying somatic healing, ancestral earth-based wisdom, energy medicine, and cosmic systems that honor the whole human.

I trained in Reiki, Human Design, Astrology, and practiced Qigong.

I completed advanced courses in trauma-informed care, nervous system regulation, and neuroplasticity.

I worked with teachers, guides, and practitioners who helped me return to the wisdom of the body and the intelligence of the Field.

What I discovered is this:

-Healing is coherence.

-And coherence is not just personal—it’s collective.

When one of us heals, the Web strengthens.

When we come home to the Earth of our bodies, we begin to co-create a New Earth.

Today, my work weaves together the sacred and the scientific, the cosmic and the cellular.

I help others rewire their energy, restore their nervous systems, and remember the sacred story written in their DNA.