, M.A. is an Inner Healing Coach and Abolition Activist. She is dedicated to the quantum dismantlement of the ways in which we internalize systems of imprisonment, slavery, and colonization in order to bring a revolutionary way of being into existence.
As a white skinned Chicanx born and raised in Southeast San Diego, she was born into a family ridden with alcohol, narcotic, and physical abuse. Xtina was the first in her family of six to attend college, graduated magna cum laude from UCSC with a dual B.A.in Feminist Studies and Political Science, and earned her M.A. in Ethnic Studies at UCR. While a doctoral student, her graduate research on gendered incarceration and histories of science received two national fellowships (Ford Foundation’s Pre-Doctoral Fellowship and The National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship). Her community activism addressed/s recidivism and alternatives to incarceration.
While facilitating restorative healing and self-empowerment circles for formerly incarcerated women in South LA, she realized her passion for inner healing, left her doctoral program, and started her own business. As a result of working with Xtina, her clients understand their worth, remove limiting belief patterns, heal broken relationships, and courageously step into their authentic power.
Education:
Certificate in Urban Leadership, University of San Diego
Meditation Practicioner
Reiki I, II
Certified in Fairyology, and Angel, Oracle and Tarot Card Readings
M.A. Ethnic Studies, University of California, Riverside
Certified in Early Mental Health Development
Certified in Restorative Healing
B.A. Political Science, University of California, Santa Cruz
B.A. Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
National Awards:
Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow, National Science Foundation
Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Ford Foundation