Welcome to the Season 2 Finale Episode!

In this episode, we sit down with Miranda Encina, a Two-Spirit/Queer Xicanx advocate, healer, and artist with Indigenous roots in Apache and Navajo ancestry. Miranda shares their journey of community-centered healing, exploring the intersections of trauma, resilience, and the transformative power of art. From their work in survivor advocacy and Indigenous healing circles to founding Yolia Creations, Miranda offers rich insights on building connections, fostering resilience, and creating spaces for empowerment within marginalized communities. Tune in to hear their inspiring perspectives on honoring lived experiences and cultivating community strength through creativity and advocacy.

Miranda Encina (They/them/theirs, She/her/hers) is a Two-Spirit/Queer Xicanx, born and raisedin Boulder Colorado with Indigenous roots from Apache and Navajo ancestry.Miranda graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Colorado Boulder double majoring in Ethnic Studies and Sociology. Their research focused on intergenerational resistance and complex trauma within Xicana/Indigenous communities. Miranda’s passion is to center lived experiences of those with intersecting identities through connections and knowledge sharing on individual, collective and systemic levels. Miranda’s lived and professional experience include Trauma Informed, survivor defined advocacy, volunteer and intern management, Shelter program Director, Chair of a Queer Trans People of Color leadership Cohort, facilitation of Indigenous Healing circles, Child Protective Services, training and technical assistance on intersections of oppression and domestic violence and has experience as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). Miranda collaborates with community and system based organizations on all levels to identify, create and implement shifts that validate, humanize, and minimize (re)traumatization within our communities. Miranda’s experience with healing personally and in community prompted the start of Yolia Creations. Yolia Creations is rooted in providing unique handcrafted leather earrings, sterling silver necklaces, inspirational stamped bracelets/rings and art that centers healing, existence and connection. Yolia Creation signifies a connection that we are stronger as a community when we support each other and create connections to empower, resist and exist.

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