Karena Montag

Healing Justice Coach

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.

Collective Justice Staff

Anthony Wright
HEAL Fellow, Facilitator
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Briana Herman-Brand
Facilitator
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Cassandra Butler
Operations Manager, Facilitator
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Devon Adams
Community Engagement Director, Facilitator
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Dolphy Jordan
Facilitator
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Guadalupe Vidaurri
HEAL Co-Director, Facilitator
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Jess Rock
Grants and Contracts Manager, Facilitator
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Karena Montag
Healing Justice Coach
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Martina Kartman
Collective Wellness Director, Facilitator
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Matthew Kama’aina
Restorative Dialogues Director, Facilitator
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Metasabia Rigby
Facilitator
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Na'Quel Walker
Organizing Director, Facilitator
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Priya Nair
Facilitator
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Ray Sukin Klauber
Healing Justice Coach
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Shawn Koyano
People and Wellbeing Manager, Facilitator
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Stacy Torres
Facilitator
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Teddy McGlynn-Wright
Healing Justice Coach
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Tyra Edwards
Member Organizer Manager, Facilitator
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YQ Jiang
Director of Creative Communications
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