STEERING COLLECTIVE


Natasha Pérez Byars
MS, MSW, LICSW
Daughter of Sylvia and David Byars; descendant of Black and Mexican love and community with roots in The Colony, Alabama and Weslaco, Texas
Indigo Cultural Center Director of Racial Equity Consultation and Training


Natasha Pérez Byars
MS, MSW, LICSW
Daughter of Sylvia and David Byars; descendant of Black and Mexican love and community with roots in The Colony, Alabama and Weslaco, Texas
Indigo Cultural Center Director of Racial Equity Consultation and Training


nucha isarowong
Ph.D., LICSW, IMH-E®
Descendant of the first peoples of Southeast Asia
Director, Advanced Clinical Training Program Barnard Center for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health University of Washington School of Nursing


nucha isarowong
Ph.D., LICSW, IMH-E®
Descendant of the first peoples of Southeast Asia
Director, Advanced Clinical Training Program Barnard Center for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health University of Washington School of Nursing


Marie-Celeste Condon
MS-ECE, Ph.D
Descendant of Mi’kmaq L’nu, Québécois immigrants, and Irish settlers
Social Justice, Early Relational Health & Reflective Consultation


Marie-Celeste Condon
MS-ECE, Ph.D
Descendant of Mi’kmaq L’nu, Québécois immigrants, and Irish settlers
Social Justice, Early Relational Health & Reflective Consultation


Eva Marie Shivers
J.D., Ph.D.
Descendant of Dreamers and Enslaved Africans Healer, Pleasure Activist, Portal Weaver, Visionary
Indigo Cultural Center Founding Executive Director


Eva Marie Shivers
J.D., Ph.D.
Descendant of Dreamers and Enslaved Africans Healer, Pleasure Activist, Portal Weaver, Visionary
Indigo Cultural Center Founding Executive Director


Aditi Subramaniam
LMHC, R-DMT, IECMH-E®
Daughter of Prasad and Rani Subramaniam, descendant of ancestors from Southern India. Dreamer. Disruptor. Artist.
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Director, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Policy


Aditi Subramaniam
LMHC, R-DMT, IECMH-E®
Daughter of Prasad and Rani Subramaniam, descendant of ancestors from Southern India. Dreamer. Disruptor. Artist.
Director, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Policy Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children


Germán Walteros
LMFT
Latinx Mental Health worker
Indigo Cultural Center Founding Executive Director


Germán Walteros
LMFT
Latinx Mental Health worker
Indigo Cultural Center Founding Executive Director
click on trees




Southeast Asia


Southeast Asia


The Colony, Alabama


Southern India


Palakhad, Southern India


Quebec


Nuevo Léon, México


Weslaco, Texas


Altiplano, Central Colmbian Andes


First Nation Mi'kmaq jel Métis


Ireland


Africa




Southeast Asia


The Colony, Alabama


Southern India


Palakhad, Southern India


Quebec


Nuevo Léon, México


Weslaco, Texas


Altiplano, Central Colmbian Andes


First Nation Mi'kmaq jel Métis


Ireland


Africa
“Everything requires collectivity to heal.”
-sujatha baliga

Joel Farias Godinez Jr
Video Editor
Proud son of immigrants, roots from the Purepecha tribes in Michoacán and Jalisco, Mexico. Husband, father, and community member seeking to contribute to the world's healing.
Our Creative Team

Eliyannah A. Yisrael
Sankofa Creative and Media Coordinator
Storyteller & filmmaker; descendent of fellow dreamers, disruptors, and brave souls enslaved throughout the US south, and who dreamed their way to Chicago.

Claire Alexandre
UX and Web Designer
Diaspora child with roots in the French Antilles and the Alps. Abolitionist Feminist storyteller and student of ecologies determined to build systems of regeneration and reciprocity.
“Everything requires collectivity to heal.”
-sujatha baliga
Our Creative Team

Eliyannah A. Yisrael
Sankofa Creative and Media Coordinator
Storyteller & filmmaker; descendent of fellow dreamers, disruptors, and brave souls enslaved throughout the US south, and who dreamed their way to Chicago.

Joel Farias Godinez Jr
Video Editor
Proud son of immigrants, roots from the Purepecha tribes in Michoacán and Jalisco, Mexico. Husband, father, and community member seeking to contribute to the world's healing.

Claire Alexandre
UX and Web Designer
Diaspora child with roots in the French Antilles and the Alps. Abolitionist Feminist storyteller and student of ecologies determined to build systems of regeneration and reciprocity.
“Everything requires collectivity to heal.”
-sujatha baliga
Our Creative Team

Eliyannah A. Yisrael
Sankofa Creative and Media Coordinator
Storyteller & filmmaker; descendent of fellow dreamers, disruptors, and brave souls enslaved throughout the US south, and who dreamed their way to Chicago.

Joel Farias Godinez Jr
Video Editor
Proud son of immigrants, roots from the Purepecha tribes in Michoacán and Jalisco, Mexico. Husband, father, and community member seeking to contribute to the world's healing.

Claire Alexandre
UX and Web Designer
Diaspora child with roots in the French Antilles and the Alps. Abolitionist Feminist storyteller and student of ecologies determined to build systems of regeneration and reciprocity.
“Everything requires collectivity to heal.”
-sujatha baliga

Claire Alexandre
UX and Web Designer
Diaspora child with roots in the French Antilles and the Alps. Abolitionist Feminist storyteller and student of ecologies determined to build systems of regeneration and reciprocity.

Joel Farias Godinez Jr
Video Editor
Proud son of immigrants, roots from the Purepecha tribes in Michoacán and Jalisco, Mexico. Husband, father, and community member seeking to contribute to the world's healing.
Our Creative Team

Eliyannah A. Yisrael
Sankofa Creative and Media Coordinator
Storyteller & filmmaker; descendent of fellow dreamers, disruptors, and brave souls enslaved throughout the US south, and who dreamed their way to Chicago.
RECENT WORK
The Sankofa Infant Mental Health History Project™ is a multi-year effort led by Indigo Cultural Center, focused on retrieving the healing and relational wisdom from our pasts, cultures, and communities and telling a fuller history of IMH.
