Karena (she / her) is a lover and a fighter. Karena is a space-holder who co-creates and stewards communities of belonging where truth-telling, dignity, and full self-expression are tended, and believes that well-being is integral to achieving personal liberation and community safety. Karena’s work is relational, embodied, trauma-informed, and healing-centered; she worked in community mental health for over 20 years and has consulted at community, state, national, and international levels. Karena loves all things food, learning from horses, and envisions her future on a sun-drenched compound, full of her beloveds. In addition to her consulting work, Karena has a private psychotherapy practice for BIPOC in the Bay Area.