Cultural Wellness Instructors
Cultural Wellness Training Instructors utilize their professional and lived experiences to help empower providers, practitioners and policy-makers to connect with their clients and communities. Learn more about and/or connect with our instructors below. If you’re interested in becoming an instructor or partner, please contact us here.
MICHELE “SHELLY” ACKER
Wellness Practitioner, Founder and Board President, I Am Well Foundation
Topic Specialties
- Whole Person Approach
- Whole Person Centered Optimal Health & Wellness Model
- Self-Care for Providers
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JULISSA SOTO
CEO, Public Health Advocate, Health Equity Consultant, Julissa Soto Latino Health Equity Consulting
Topic Specialties
- Cultural Validation
- Mono Lingual Spanish-Speaking Communities
- Immigrant Communities
- Transcreation
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RYAN ACKER
Human Rights Advocate, Executive Director, All People Thriving
Topic Specialties
- Cultural Integration: Peer to Peer
- LGBTQ+ Communities
- People Living with Mental Illness
- People Who Have Been Incarcerated
- People Experiencing Lower Income, Poverty and Homelessness
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