Bethsaida Ruiz is a Boricua, gender non-conforming, bi-lingual/bi-cultural Buddhist warrior and cultural abolitionist who brings an abundance of experience, as a certified embodied life strategist, consultant, facilitator, trainer, and movement builder. The embodied healing arts and activism inform everything and everyone she engages. As a gifted activist, transformative and restorative justice change agent, who has worked in the nonprofit and governmental agencies sector for over 25 years. She is driven and adept at cultivating high-performance teams and developing collaborative relationships with a wide range of diverse communities, stakeholders, and government agency partners. Her embodied trauma informed healing practices are crafted with a passion to mutually care for others in developing their ability to heal and transmute the impact of trauma, violence, and oppression. Her primary commitment is in focusing and healing the effect of and relation to the legacy of intergenerational historical and cultural trauma by connecting authentically to the ancestral benefits, strengths, and creative resilience that aid Black, Indigenous, and People Of Culture (BIPOC) communities to live joy filled and integrated lives.