Our Story

Giovianna Burrell (founder)

Is an educator with many years and experience in creating learning spaces formally and informally, for all ages and people of various backgrounds. Creating safe spaces, to support healing Black & global majority communities is where she is anchored in her work. She has over 10 years of educational experience of understanding human development. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Family and Child Studies with a Minor in Dance, and a Masters of Art Degree in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Administration.

Giovianna was a contemporary/jazz dancer for over 10 years and a dance director for 4 years where she also learned how movement and expression is healing.

In recent years, she has worked with and learned from various healers and somatic practitioners.
At the start of 2025, she became a certified Integrative Trauma Practitioner through the Aura Institute (Integrative Psychology Institute). This was a two-year intensive process of practicing somatics, breathwork, mindfulness meditation, and science of how the brain and nervous system works in relation to trauma.