Who we are
We are community cultural practitioners, wellness facilitators, and tradition bearers who carry knowledge rooted in indigenous ancestral practices. We have learned from elders, family members, community healers, farmers, singers, and drummers who have passed down and shared their teachings through lived practice, ceremony, foodways, storytelling, and collective care.
Our work reflects years of community-based learning and leadership grounded in mind, body , and spirit wellness. We have organized workshops , community circles, cultural gatherings, food and nutrition education, land based activities and space for collective healing and learning.
Our achievements include strengthening intergenerational relationships, preserving cultural practices, creating welcoming spaces for immigrant and indigenous communities, and helping participants reconnect with identity, wellness, and community. Through our leadership , we continue to cultivate opportunities for healing, cultural expression, and belonging.
Jeanett Vazquez is a woman-of-color entrepreneur and creator of Plantitas Catering, a plant-based food project that provides affordable, healing food to the community.
A trained Reiki healer and creative medicine maker, she draws from self-directed study, ancestral teachings, and guidance from her abuelitas Olivia Guevara Lea and Ernestina Vazquez Valencia, as well as other maestras and healers. Her work centers decolonizing food, nourishment, and collective care.
Free spirited Aquarius who isn’t afraid of being herself.
Jeanett Vazquez
Maritza Lozano is a Xicana educator and Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at Cal State Fullerton. She works with others to reclaim their intergenerational inheritance through plant medicine, herbalism, and sound healing, drawing from teachings passed down by her mother, aunts, grandmothers, and elders on the healing power of plants, sound, and bodywork. Informed by 30 years as a bilingual teacher, literacy coach, and educational leaders, she creates spaces where healing, learning, and cultural knowledge are deeply connected.
Ever observing Taurus who enjoys hiking and biking.
Maritza Lozano
Dámariz Vásquez comes from lineages of matriarchs, land caretakers, and leaders from Oaxaca, Chiapas, El Salvador, and the Pipil people. Their parents taught them pláticas, land care, art, ventosas, sobadas, and herbal remedies, and they have continued learning from elders and guides in firekeeping, hierbas, womb care, cantos, drumming, and land reconnection.
Dama has developed trauma-informed, culturally grounded, and empowering curricula for clients and the broader community through “Voz y Palabra,” a restorative process she created specifically to serve Latinx families in East Los Angeles. Dama has guided couples and families through accountability, healing, and transformation rooted in dignity.
A loving, determined & curious Scorpio who loves to laugh.