Sareeta Lopez

Sareeta (she/her) is a settler of South Indian, Hawaiian, Samoan, and Chinese ancestry. She is grateful to be living in so-called Vancouver on the stolen territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) & sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations on Turtle Island.

Sareeta is a queer racialized lifelong learner who lives with mental illnesses and has experience working with marginalized people and families. She has taught English Language Learning to high school-aged refugees in Edmonton, worked at a trauma-sensitive elementary school in Edmonton, and taught alternative education at a high school in Burnaby, Canada. Through these experiences Sareeta has received training in trauma-informed practices.

Sareeta's insights come from both professional training and extensive lived experience working with adults and young students as a school teacher, coach, and mentor. Sareeta has also personally experienced trauma, along with the nonlinear healing journey that follows. She currently lives in "Vancouver" with her partner and two cats, including her “bubba,” otherwise known as Matrix.