RENATA, Artist & Creative Coach
My experience with Cristina was a really positive and validating one. I was super inspired by Cristina's leadership and teaching style. She made sure people felt heard and tuned into the needs of the collective. She modeled centering the needs of the collective and was willing to listen to our concerns with genuine concern. The program helped to validate many of my feelings and experiences related to identity as a POC. For a really long time, I struggled with gaslighting myself regarding racists and discriminatory experiences in my life as an immigrant. I never felt safe to talk about these experiences in most spaces for fear of appearing too weak or too political. It was so healing to know I wasn't the only one who struggled with my identity and being a POC in a white supremacist society. This program inspired me to let go of narratives built to keep me feeling small and afraid. I felt guided to begin cultivating my courage and confidence to make choices aligned with my values and to move us (people of the global majority) forward.
ANALILY, Public School Teacher
“Cristina is an amazing educator and facilitator. She respected all boundaries. She kept the discussion going but didn't push it. I am grateful for her mentorship. I am grateful for her existence. She was mindful of how she interacted with all of us while still being an unstoppable fiera herself. She was the epitome of leading by example. Attending the Healing Identity & Reclaiming Our Sovereignty 6-week program was comforting. Healing. It felt really great knowing that I wasn't alone in how I felt about white supremacy, machismo, and other topics that were discussed. Each class felt like a weighted blanket. Just comfort and safe.”
DR. HORTENCIA, Sociology Professor
“Cristina is honest, transparent, and intentional in the work that she does to dismantle systems of oppression. Her work resonates with a lot of my work and I wanted to work with someone who understands the Latinx community and women of color empowerment. Don't hesitate to reach out to Cristina to work with her. You won't regret it. She meets you where you are at in your life and career. She is very empathetic, encouraging, and encourages you out of your comfort zone. She helps you snap out of your imposter syndrome and remind you of your Chingona greatness!”
CRISTINA, R.N.
“Cristina is my first mentor, and has helped me by identifying my strengths which I used to see as weaknesses, and stepping into the power of those strengths. She has pointed out how my personal wellness and healing directly affects my career goals and the wellness of the community I serve. I attended a workshop and then started attending the Patreon gatherings, it's an incredible group because we all share from places of vulnerability. Cristina’s facilitating makes it easy to be seen and heard.”
MICAELA, MSW
“I met Cristina about 6 months after leaving a 17-year abusive partnership. At the time, I believed I was well into my healing journey, yet I was feeling completely lost, self-isolated, and like I was drowning in my own grief and shame. I felt like my whole world was burned down and no matter how hard I tried, I could not find my way out of the ashes. Cristina's mentorship has been very empowering, and I have gained so much insight and strength from her leadership. She helps me find clarity and grounding when my head is spinning. She understands and validates my experiences by reflecting my words back to me, and provides scaffolding for my learning by sharing her own experience. She is helping me learn how to recognize and contextualize the value of my lived experiences in the work I am already doing for myself and in my community. She helps me understand why it is important to prioritize myself and my own healing while continuing to develop and exercise my advocacy muscle by using my voice to disrupt oppressive systems. I am finding it easier to quiet the shaming voices that do not belong to me and learning how to redirect my fears and anxieties to reclaim my power and presence in spaces determined to keep me in a role of submission.
VANESSA, Enneagram Coach
“What I have found in the community Cristina has created, is a space where I can BE. I can be seen, I can be challenged, I can be held, I can be inspired. This community is the safe space I needed to do my inner work of dismantling the oppression I have carried in my body for years. Cristina’s leadership is deep, profound and powerful. I am finding my self growing and healing in ways I could not have thought possible. So grateful for this woman’s work."
BRENDA, Entrepreneur
“Cristina's Patreon gatherings are where I go get spiritually replenished. It is also the space where I felt the most seen in my life. Cristina is extremely informed and is always excited about sharing her knowledge with the world. Every one of her workshops, IG lives and Patreon conversations have left me feeling liberated, upheld and fearless. This kind of community is necessary if you want to grow; be it in your personal life or professional life. There is healing here. True, transparent healing. This is a radical space and the more of us who come together the stronger we will become.”
CHRISTY, Professional Dancer
“One of the most poignant and important workshops I have ever attended that has contributed significantly to my racial understanding and healing of self. I love how she brings powerful BIWOCS together. Cristina empowers WOC through her knowledge, leadership, and modelling. She empowers, encourages, and inspires me to continue learning and unlearning. After attending Cristina's workshop, I left a racist space I did not need to be in. It was the best decision of my life and gift I have ever given to myself. Going to her workshops is self-care. It is a true gift of self-care to learn and be in spaces that she facilitates.”
CINDY
“If you want to work with a educator, MSW or consultant, check out Cristina Garcia who can help you breakdown internalized oppression while leading with soul and purpose, then look no further. She provides trainings, chats and mucho mas. Finding Grace & Compassion through the Decolonial Journey [Cristina’s workshop] was exactly what I needed when I needed it. Cristina broke down the journey in a way that felt real, relatable and, most of all, empowering. It's so vital to see women like Cristina Garcia using her voice and power to bring community together like this.