Body Mapping Workshop: Inherited Wounds, Inherited Wisdom
Art workshop: ancestral knowledge + embodied connection
Join Eri Cruz, LCSW (they/them), as they lead participants through an interactive art workshop that explores the connections between ancestral and embodied knowledge, art therapy and resilience, healing and radical introspection.
All art supplies will be provided.
All attendees will be entered into a raffle to win a copy of My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem.
Light snacks and drinks will be available.
About the facilitator:
Eri is a queer, neurodivergent immigrant from Mexico City who brings cultural awareness and compassion to their work as a therapist. They specialize in supporting QTBIPOC individuals navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, and significant life transitions. Their clients often include survivors of violence, immigrants, disabled and neurodivergent individuals, and those exploring identity and belonging in a complex world.
With a relational, decolonial, anti-racist, and Indigenous-informed approach, Eri integrates narrative and psychodynamic theory and trauma-informed care to create a safe, grounded, and collaborative therapeutic space. Their work honors the whole person—mind, body, culture, and community—centering relationships, ancestral knowledge, spiritual practices, and resilience.
Eri holds a degree in Clinical Psychology from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). They also earned a Master’s in Clinical Social Work from Smith College. Their professional background includes a wide range of clinical and community-based roles across both Mexico and the United States. Eri provides therapy in both Spanish and English.
Outside of their work, Eri enjoys spending time outdoors, gardening, and experimenting in the kitchen with recipes that connect them to home and heritage. They are also entering the world of visual activism and are deeply interested in Indigenous and alternative knowledge-sharing practices.
Sponsored by the Mellon Foundation's Affirming Multivocal Humanities program and the GWST Department.
This event is open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University's nondiscrimination policy.