About the Founder

For 20 years her entrepreneurial skills served her business, Visual Concepts which grew to a successful Visual Merchandising firm with accounts in 5 western states. She received her degree in Biological Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego in 1998 and worked in Marine Science at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, at the Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species at the San Diego Zoo and at The University of California in Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara. She is co-author of 14 scientific papers. Over the last 10 years she began to travel to indigenous tribal communities and became dedicated to their well being after realizing the wisdom of healing modalities, animal migrations and sustainability they embody.

Board of Directors

Art Cisneros, CEO, Chumash Elder

Patricia J. Turner, Founder and CFO, Biological Anthropologist

Virginia Lee, Secretary, Para Legal

Dr. Juliet Rohde-Brown, Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice and Core Faculty/Director of Practicum for Antioch University Santa Barbara Psy.D. program

George Huitrado Chumash Elder, Administrative Director