Trauma-Informed and Culturally Responsive Work Across Continents
While much of my work is with teams and organizations, I also offer individual consultation and somatic support for people navigating transitions, dealing with anxiety, stress, trauma recovery, or seeking to deepen their own mindfulness practice, interoceptive and cultural awareness.
Feel free to get in touch to explore how we can work together if you would want one-on-one support.
Below is an interactive map of where I’ve facilitated programs, fieldwork, and capacity-building efforts.
If something in this map resonates with you, whether it’s your country, context, or lived experience, you are welcome to get in touch to explore how we can work together.
Colombia
Years Active: 2011–2025
Organizations: RESPIRA, IOM, Prolongar, CorpoVisionarios, National Historical Memory Center
Key Work:
- Co-director and founder of RESPIRA en Colombia, developing trauma-informed and mindfulness programs in education and reconciliation.
- GBV and humanitarian response capacity building through somatic, mindfulness and interoceptive practices.
- Workshops for reconciliation, historical memory, and peacebuilding.
- Designed national curricula for teacher training on rights reestablishment under the Victims Law.
- Partnered with USAID, Save the Children, PLAN, and IOM on various initiatives.
Nigeria
Years Active: 2020–2025
Organizations: GBV AoR, Greenwich University
Key Work:
- Trauma-informed somatic support for GBV teams.
- Research on GBV and food systems through ancestral knowledge and seeds/water rituals.
- Field-based training for self-care and emotional regulation.
South Sudan
Years Active: 2016–2018
Organization: IOM
Key Work:
- Restorative and MBSR-based support for GBV and psychosocial teams in POCs.
- Specialized support for burial teams and emergency responders.
Australia
Years Active: 2024–2025
Organizations: UNSW, Yirrkala Community Collaborations
Key Work:
- Academic collaboration on trauma-informed approaches to mental health and care ecosystems for youth suicide prevention.
- Exploratory work on cultural healing practices with Aboriginal-led initiatives.
Ecuador
Years Active: 2022–2024
Organization: UNFPA (GBV AoR)
Key Work:
- Remote trauma-informed training for GBV response teams.
- Integration of interoceptive practices for frontline emotional regulation.
Honduras
Years Active: 2022–2024
Organization: UNICEF (GBV AoR)
Key Work:
- Remote trauma-sensitive support for inter-agency humanitarian staff.
- Capacity building for burnout prevention and decision-making in high-risk settings.
Egypt
Years Active: 2024
Organization: UNFPA
Key Work:
- In-person training on somatic resilience for first responders and case workers.
- Development of rituals and body-based strategies for care teams in displacement contexts.
Bangladesh
Years Active: 2019–2020
Organization: IOM
Key Work:
- Support to Rohingya refugee camp mental health teams.
- Trauma-informed movement and nervous system regulation for humanitarian responders.
Thailand
Years Active: 2017
Organization: EarthRights International
Key Work:
- Facilitated leadership and trauma-awareness retreats for environmental defenders.
- Introduced mindfulness-based safety tools for young activists from Southeast Asia.
El Salvador
Years Active: 2019
Organization: FHI360
Key Work:
- Capacity building on emotional well-being for educators and psychosocial staff.
- Incorporation of somatic trauma tools into school-based violence prevention.
The Netherlands
Years Active: 2016
Organization: UNOY
Key Work:
- Youth-led peacebuilding workshops with trauma-awareness components.
- Introduced body-mind approaches for post-conflict youth advocates.
United Kingdom
Years Active: 2023–2025
Organization: Greenwich University
Key Work:
- Research and facilitation on somatic memory, gender-based violence, and food systems.
- Cross-continental work connecting Nigerian and Colombian case studies.
Switzerland
Years Active: 2014–2025
Organization: Breathe International
Key Work:
- Founder and director of trauma-informed programs based on interoceptive and mindfulness approaches.
- Strategic advisory for humanitarian organizations on systemic care.
Venezuela
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Brazil
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Guatemala
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Poland
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Ukraine
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Sudan
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Pakistan
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Afghanistan
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Iraq
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Syria
Years Active: 2025
Organization: UNFPA Syria
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Yemen
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
India
Years Active: 2018 and 2022
Organizations: Mind & Life Institute, Tibetan Government in Exile
Key Work:
- Facilitated dialogues on compassion, trauma, and intercultural understanding.
- Participated in cross-cultural contemplative science exchanges.
Zimbabwe
Years Active: 2025
Organizations: Temple Foundation and Institute for Poverty, Land, and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)
Key Work:
- Trauma-informed somatic support.
- Ancestral and spiritual knowledge for systemic change.
- Collective lands rights and seeds wisdom.
Bangladesh
Years Active: 2019–2020
Organization: IOM
Key Work:
- Support to Rohingya refugee camp mental health teams.
- Trauma-informed movement and nervous system regulation for humanitarian responders.
Thailand
Years Active: 2017
Organization: EarthRights International
Key Work:
- Facilitated leadership and trauma-awareness retreats for environmental defenders.
- Introduced mindfulness-based safety tools for young activists from Southeast Asia.
El Salvador
Years Active: 2019
Organization: FHI360
Key Work:
- Capacity building on emotional well-being for educators and psychosocial staff.
- Incorporation of somatic trauma tools into school-based violence prevention.
The Netherlands
Years Active: 2016
Organization: UNOY
Key Work:
- Youth-led peacebuilding workshops with trauma-awareness components.
- Introduced body-mind approaches for post-conflict youth advocates.
United Kingdom
Years Active: 2023–2025
Organization: Greenwich University
Key Work:
- Research and facilitation on somatic memory, gender-based violence, and food systems.
- Cross-continental work connecting Nigerian and Colombian case studies.
Switzerland
Years Active: 2014–2025
Organization: Breathe International
Key Work:
- Founder and director of trauma-informed programs based on interoceptive and mindfulness approaches.
- Strategic advisory for humanitarian organizations on systemic care.
Venezuela
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Brazil
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Guatemala
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Poland
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Ukraine
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Sudan
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Pakistan
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Afghanistan
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Iraq
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Syria
Years Active: 2025
Organization: UNFPA Syria
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Yemen
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
India
Years Active: 2018 and 2022
Organizations: Mind & Life Institute, Tibetan Government in Exile
Key Work:
- Facilitated dialogues on compassion, trauma, and intercultural understanding.
- Participated in cross-cultural contemplative science exchanges.
Zimbabwe
Years Active: 2025
Organizations: Temple Foundation and Institute for Poverty, Land, and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)
Key Work:
- Trauma-informed somatic support.
- Ancestral and spiritual knowledge for systemic change.
- Collective lands rights and seeds wisdom.
Brazil
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Colombia
Years Active: 2011–2025
Organizations: RESPIRA, IOM, Prolongar, CorpoVisionarios, National Historical Memory Center
Key Work:
- Co-director and founder of RESPIRA en Colombia, developing trauma-informed and mindfulness programs in education and reconciliation.
- GBV and humanitarian response capacity building through somatic, mindfulness and interoceptive practices.
- Workshops for reconciliation, historical memory, and peacebuilding.
- Designed national curricula for teacher training on rights reestablishment under the Victims Law.
- Partnered with USAID, Save the Children, PLAN, and IOM on various initiatives.
Ecuador
Years Active: 2022–2024
Organization: UNFPA (GBV AoR)
Key Work:
- Remote trauma-informed training for GBV response teams.
- Integration of interoceptive practices for frontline emotional regulation.
El Salvador
Years Active: 2019
Organization: FHI360
Key Work:
- Capacity building on emotional well-being for educators and psychosocial staff.
- Incorporation of somatic trauma tools into school-based violence prevention.
Guatemala
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Honduras
Years Active: 2022–2024
Organization: UNICEF (GBV AoR)
Key Work:
- Remote trauma-sensitive support for inter-agency humanitarian staff.
- Capacity building for burnout prevention and decision-making in high-risk settings.
Venezuela
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Poland
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Switzerland
Years Active: 2014–2025
Organization: Breathe International
Key Work:
- Founder and director of trauma-informed programs based on interoceptive and mindfulness approaches.
- Strategic advisory for humanitarian organizations on systemic care.
The Netherlands
Years Active: 2016
Organization: UNOY
Key Work:
- Youth-led peacebuilding workshops with trauma-awareness components.
- Introduced body-mind approaches for post-conflict youth advocates.
Ukraine
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
United Kingdom
Years Active: 2023–2025
Organization: Greenwich University
Key Work:
- Research and facilitation on somatic memory, gender-based violence, and food systems.
- Cross-continental work connecting Nigerian and Colombian case studies.
Egypt
Years Active: 2024
Organization: UNFPA
Key Work:
- In-person training on somatic resilience for first responders and case workers.
- Development of rituals and body-based strategies for care teams in displacement contexts.
Nigeria
Years Active: 2020–2025
Organizations: GBV AoR, Greenwich University
Key Work:
- Trauma-informed somatic support for GBV teams.
- Research on GBV and food systems through ancestral knowledge and seeds/water rituals.
- Field-based training for self-care and emotional regulation.
South Sudan
Years Active: 2016–2018
Organization: IOM
Key Work:
- Restorative and MBSR-based support for GBV and psychosocial teams in POCs.
- Specialized support for burial teams and emergency responders.
Sudan
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Zimbabwe
Years Active: 2025
Organizations: Temple Foundation and Institute for Poverty, Land, and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)
Key Work:
- Trauma-informed somatic support.
- Ancestral and spiritual knowledge for systemic change.
- Collective lands rights and seeds wisdom.
Afghanistan
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Bangladesh
Years Active: 2019–2020
Organization: IOM
Key Work:
- Support to Rohingya refugee camp mental health teams.
- Trauma-informed movement and nervous system regulation for humanitarian responders.
India
Years Active: 2018 and 2022
Organizations: Mind & Life Institute, Tibetan Government in Exile
Key Work:
- Facilitated dialogues on compassion, trauma, and intercultural understanding.
- Participated in cross-cultural contemplative science exchanges.
Iraq
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Syria
Years Active: 2025
Organization: UNFPA Syria
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Thailand
Years Active: 2017
Organization: EarthRights International
Key Work:
- Facilitated leadership and trauma-awareness retreats for environmental defenders.
- Introduced mindfulness-based safety tools for young activists from Southeast Asia.
Yemen
Years Active: 2020–2024
Organizations: GBV AoR (Global Protection Cluster), UNFPA, IOM
Key Work:
- Hybrid (online/in-person) trauma-informed support for GBV case management teams.
- Introduced embodied strategies for emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, and cultural responsiveness.
- Customized somatic protocols for complex emergency contexts in each country.
Years Active: 2024–2025
Organizations: UNSW, Yirrkala Community Collaborations
Key Work:
- Academic collaboration on trauma-informed approaches to mental health and care ecosystems for youth suicide prevention.
- Exploratory work on cultural healing practices with Aboriginal-led initiatives.