Community Wellness Platicas and Skill Shares
Depending on the dynamics of the group, Berenice does a variety of activities/exercise that touch on topics of activist burn out, healing personal and/or generational trauma, herbal medicine making, and more. Every group, organization, individual person that contacts her has a specific request about what they want or need from the workshop so she tries her best to accommodate people's requests. For samples of the workshops she has facilitated, visit In The Community.
Depending on the dynamics of the group, Berenice does a variety of activities/exercise that touch on topics of activist burn out, healing personal and/or generational trauma, herbal medicine making, and more. Every group, organization, individual person that contacts her has a specific request about what they want or need from the workshop so she tries her best to accommodate people's requests. For samples of the workshops she has facilitated, visit In The Community.
Youth Workshops and Curriculum
Berenice worked at ARISE High School in East Oakland from 2011-2014 as Health and Spanish teacher. Her work involved creating meaningful and transformational curriculum as well as developing humanizing experiences for young people in the classroom. She provided students with socio-emotional support, academic guidance, and college admission preparation. Berenice created curriculum and projects for Units around Decolonizing the body, mind, and spirit. She also has health curriculum that incorporates awareness of urban social toxins, food~environmental justice, and traditional~indigenous health practices.
Mi Cuerpo Recuerda: A Youth Health and Wellness Class
In the summer of 2013 and 2014, Berenice taught a 3 week intensive class titled: “Mi Cuerpo Recuerda: A Youth Health and Wellness Class." The purpose of the class is to offer the youth with skills and knowledge around indigenous ways of health and wellbeing. At the core of the class is a hands on experience making different forms of medicine like massage oils, bath salts, tea blends to help the youth process emotional and physical issues they are dealing with. Most of the youth in the class had experienced being victims of assaults in the community, were addicted to drugs, had attempted suicide, had been raped, and were overall struggling in their daily life. The class offered a space for them to re-connect with themselves, gain tools that can help them deal with the impact of their experiences, and inspire them to envision a new perspective about life.
Berenice worked at ARISE High School in East Oakland from 2011-2014 as Health and Spanish teacher. Her work involved creating meaningful and transformational curriculum as well as developing humanizing experiences for young people in the classroom. She provided students with socio-emotional support, academic guidance, and college admission preparation. Berenice created curriculum and projects for Units around Decolonizing the body, mind, and spirit. She also has health curriculum that incorporates awareness of urban social toxins, food~environmental justice, and traditional~indigenous health practices.
Mi Cuerpo Recuerda: A Youth Health and Wellness Class
In the summer of 2013 and 2014, Berenice taught a 3 week intensive class titled: “Mi Cuerpo Recuerda: A Youth Health and Wellness Class." The purpose of the class is to offer the youth with skills and knowledge around indigenous ways of health and wellbeing. At the core of the class is a hands on experience making different forms of medicine like massage oils, bath salts, tea blends to help the youth process emotional and physical issues they are dealing with. Most of the youth in the class had experienced being victims of assaults in the community, were addicted to drugs, had attempted suicide, had been raped, and were overall struggling in their daily life. The class offered a space for them to re-connect with themselves, gain tools that can help them deal with the impact of their experiences, and inspire them to envision a new perspective about life.