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Board Chair, Viridiana Rubio
Viridiana is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor and a Registered Play Therapist in the state of Texas. She received her masters in education from the University of Texas at El Paso in guidance and counseling in 2011. She has experience working with children and adolescents; their families and adult women and men. Viridiana has been trained in Child Centered Play Therapy, Child/Parent Relationship Therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy , Cognitive Behavioral Therapy & Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing. Viridiana has experience working with problems such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, attachment issues & trauma. She derives her approaches from client centered theory and sees her clients as holistic beings that find themselves with incongruence in their mind, body and/or spirit. She helps to implement techniques to help awareness grow and also helps to discover and explore wounds and trauma to allow a person to achieve healing within themselves. Viridiana was an apprentice with curandera Athena Wolf where she studied the ways of curanderismo. |
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Treasurer, Amy Elliott
Amy is a being of light that came to be a spark in the darkness for all. She has always brought her light into dark places and danced with the shadows in the hopes of blending and balancing the challenges of this life. Amy has had the pleasure and honor of a variety of teachers from, a Catholic Priest, a High Priest of the Golden Dawn, a Nagual of the Yaqui tribe of Mexico and Blessed Athena. She is a single mother of 2 wonderful boys who are now adults. One of her son’s is Deaf and has autism. So, Amy is fluent in American Sign Language. Amy has a long career working in Information Technology. She has previous experience in managing the financial affairs of a national company. |
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Secretary, Norma Santos
I have personally experienced the gentle healing of various plant medicines and Curanderismo practices that, along with a proper understanding of my body and my diet have cured my hypertension, depression and alcoholism. Being a Registered Nurse in Texas for over 20 years, I have personally seen how Western Medicine treats symptoms alone for the most part. Any healing that is curative is usually quite taxing on the body whereas the approach of plant healing is gentle and involves all aspects of the client; physical, mental and Spiritual. With that being said, I can see how plant healing is much more inclusive and successful as the client is expected to become more responsible for their own healing. This sets the tone for an active responsibility for the client to heal themselves thus increasing the chances of cure exponentially. This is an organization that understands and appreciates the value of community, which in healing, is imperative for success. My goal is to continue to serve my community as an RN and as a 3rd generation Curandera. |
Board member, Autumn Ward
I have lived in Silver City New Mexico for over 16 years and grew up partly in Tucson Arizona. Practicing and learning new religions has always been an interest to me since I was a child. I'm a graduate of Escuela de Curanderismo. I love practicing, growing and healing with medicinal plants and giving them to people who need them. I am a healer and plant lover and a mother of three beautiful children.
I have lived in Silver City New Mexico for over 16 years and grew up partly in Tucson Arizona. Practicing and learning new religions has always been an interest to me since I was a child. I'm a graduate of Escuela de Curanderismo. I love practicing, growing and healing with medicinal plants and giving them to people who need them. I am a healer and plant lover and a mother of three beautiful children.
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Board Member, Danielle McFarlin
Danielle grew up in a small community on the U.S.- Mexico Border and is committed to bridging resources to her home town and other underserved communities. She spent 20 years working in the Diagnostic Imaging field, has witnessed a heart beating for the first time and has held space for many taking their last breaths, she is currently focused on supporting the healing journey of every moment in between. Danielle spoke at the 2017 TEDxTucson Imagine conference where she was inspired to use her own journey through abuse and disempowerment to create a new framework for viewing the effects on both men and women in our present day "rape culture". She shares her story in hopes of serving as a beacon of hope for those who think their life is irreparable, showing them instead, how, with courageous and deep self-inquiry, they can shine their own light on the path to healing and wholeness. Her work aims to create a safe foundation for those who have kept their stories of abuse and shame buried in the shadows. Danielle is also a published author in Wake Up: A Woman's Guide to Transformation, Prosperity and Health! |
Board Member, Be Tart
Be's passion lies in being of service to others and using the skills she has developed over 20-some years of working in online business operations and web design to help better her community. She and her husband reside at an off-grid spiritual community where they create sacred spaces and help their fellow residents steward 1,500 acres of wilderness while supporting visiting individuals and groups on spiritual retreat. Be is deeply committed to growth and healing and is honored to be an apprentice at La Escuela de Curanderismo.
Be's passion lies in being of service to others and using the skills she has developed over 20-some years of working in online business operations and web design to help better her community. She and her husband reside at an off-grid spiritual community where they create sacred spaces and help their fellow residents steward 1,500 acres of wilderness while supporting visiting individuals and groups on spiritual retreat. Be is deeply committed to growth and healing and is honored to be an apprentice at La Escuela de Curanderismo.
Director, Athena Wolf
Athena has been a Board member or Director of various non-profit organizations for 35 years. She also has a background as a technical writer, in broadcast television and radio, as well as "narrow cast" community stations.
For the past 20 years Athena has been working full-time as a curandera and Ayurvedic physician. The goal of this non-profit is to share these healing traditions and the plant medicines used, with low-income people.
Athena has been a Board member or Director of various non-profit organizations for 35 years. She also has a background as a technical writer, in broadcast television and radio, as well as "narrow cast" community stations.
For the past 20 years Athena has been working full-time as a curandera and Ayurvedic physician. The goal of this non-profit is to share these healing traditions and the plant medicines used, with low-income people.