04/09/2026
I was born in Veracruz. My mother, my godmother, and the grandmothers in my community taught me to listen to the earth, to respect people, and to preserve the good things passed down from our ancestors. As a child, I witnessed the planting and harvesting of corn, beans, squash, and fruit trees, as well as the preparation of chocolate and bread in adobe ovens, among many other things. I listened to stories that still speak to me in my memories.
Life took me down paths I did not always choose: I married, had children, and crossed borders. Everything I learned, everything I am, lives on in my children and within our community.
Today, as President and one of the first certified in ancestral Ticitl (Doula) knowledge, I care for and share these teachings so they may bring strength, healing, and guidance to those who need them. I create spaces to talk, to listen, and to seek solutions together for what pains us: families who are struggling, women who are suffering, and our communities striving to live with dignity.
Every step I take is guided by those who entrusted us with these practices, by the earth, and by respect for what belongs to us. Our work is to protect life, memory, and culture, just as the generations before me did, and as the generations after me will continue to do.
