Your Facilitators

Denise S. Ruiz (she/ella)

Founder of The Honeycomb Network

Denise is a Chicago born and raised queer Boricua mama, creative designer, healing justice arts curator and entrepreneur for over a decade.

She has over two decades of direct community service and educator experience and is a trauma informed, decolonial and harm reduction trained, certified community herbalist.

Denise is an all around visionary, writer, social justice warrior, and community cultivator.

Dahlia Quintanilla (she/ella)

Founder of Liberated Learning

Dahlia is an experienced educator and somatic movement healer. With 8+ years in diverse educational settings, her roles have included: restorative justice impact coach, circle keeper, and curriculum designer.

Certified in the SAH Method™, she guides emotional healing through body-focused practices. She loves her family, nature, dance, and re-indigenizing her life.