Hola, I’m Criss!
Cultivating Spaces of Understanding and Belonging through Science and Storytelling | Author of Pertenæcer© | Bridging Differences at Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley.
I was born in Venezuela to Colombian parents. We migrated to the US when I was 15 years old, and I have spent most of my adult life living around the US, LatAm, and Spain. My husband and I currently reside in Dallas. Professionally, I spent over a decade in corporate America working in hispanic television sales, production, and operations. In 2016, after much inner work and reflection, I fully transitioned into a career that allowed me to spread culturally-attuned mindfulness around the world – initially through running AlmaYEspiritu as a volunteer-led organization and later on as a consulting hub. Since 2024 Criss has been consulting at UNC-Chapel Hill under their Be CALM Program. Criss currently works as the Bridging Differences Program Coordinator at the Greater Good Science Center. Sign up for updates on this work here.
In addition to having a Master’s Degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University, I am a certified facilitator for the renown program Search Inside Yourself, a leadership program developed at Google. I am also a self-published author of “PERTENÆCER: Eight-Week Mindfulness and Meditation Training and Practices for Latinx Immigrants in the United States ©”, and co-author of “Building a more Diverse and Inclusive Science: Mindfulness-based Approaches for Latinx Individuals,” which was published in the Mindfulness Journal. I am also a Mindfulness Mentor having been trained by the renowned teachers Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield.
In my offline time, I enjoy practicing meditation, reading, traveling, walking in nature, doing yoga, rollerblading, and playing tennis.
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