While in Tallahassee at Florida State University, Toni created the Community Legal Assistance Project to prepare simple legal documentsfor AIDS patients. She practiced family law in Fort Lauderdale and, after 2010, in Fort Myers, in partnership with her husband, Tony Borras. Toni served for many years on the Board of Directors for Legal Aid Services…
Lucy Garcia was born in Mexico, raised her family in Chicago, and moved to Lee County in Florida in 2002. She worked as an ESL Paraprofessional, Special-Ed Teacher Assistant in the Lee County System, and as a Spanish Teacher in the US Charter Schools. Lucy was a Life Skills Counselor with Southwest Florida Addiction Services…
Graciela is an eyom or midwife and a Maya Keeper of Time. She provides Mayan therapy and is a community leader in Totonicapán and Quiché, Guatemala. Graciela has traveled to Nepal, Dubai, Spain, Costa Rica, Bolivia, and Mexico, promoting health and natural HIV treatments. She works for the healing of body, Earth, and territory. Doña…
Shelley Graff, is a longtime teacher/healer/singer/songwriter who believes her sacred journey is guiding her to share the Singing In Sacred Circle experience with other womyn. Shelley has shared the Singing In Sacred Circle experience with womyn while traveling around the country and beyond attending festivals and doing workshops. Whether she is helping womyn start a…
Genelle G. Grant, Ed.D. (right) is Founder and President of Femina Global, Inc. Since 1993, Genelle has worked with Maya and Latina women in Southwest Florida. She guided therapy groups (in Spanish) for survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence. Since 2005 she has traveled frequentlyto Guatemala to collaborate in workshops on teaching methodologies and…
Bonnie Jean is a retired occupational therapist and a lifelong organic grower. She was born and raised in upstate New York, the land of the indigenous Haudenosaunee, whose society and agriculture honored All people and All of their partners in nature. This early background, along with her work with migrant workers in her teens and…
Rita Chajil (left, with Dr. Rigoberta Menchu Tum)) is a teacher and social worker in San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala. She is director of the San Lucas Tolimán Scholars Program and administers scholarships for over 1000 local high school students. Lcda. Rita has worked with the GRACE Project and Femina Global since 2007, teaching Reproductive Health…