Dra. Vanessa M. Bustamante
There’s Magic in creating community and uplifting the next generation to speak.
Relatable & Motivational
Background:
Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, CA, Vanessa is a self-identified first-generation, bilingual, free spirit Xicana sCHOLAr. Her lived experience as a barrio bred homegirl, coupled with her experience navigating educational systems, allow her to connect authentically and unapologetically with communities as she promotes motivation, unity, and the importance of identity self-preservation.
First Xicana Chair - Partido Nacional La Raza Unida
Co-Host - Radio La Raza, 90.7FM KPFK (Los Angeles)
Co-Creator - La Chola Conference
Coaching
Evolutionary Student
Focus: To support grounding and centering as you develop conscious/critical paradigms of navigating systems rooted in Elitism (education, fraternity, sorority life, government entities). Primary focus on centering the most oppressed and marginalized people (ie. differently abled, indigenous, revolutionaries) that systems of education push and keep out with tangible and practical solutions for writing, research, publication, and evolutionary community organizing.
Evolutionary Spirit
Focus: To create a balance of the spirit by learning to tap into feminine and masculine, to create balance and harmony in the body to liberate and transform. Learning to return to self through building and strengthening intuition, reframing life experiences to strengthen and motivate to create self-determination.
Keynotes, & Platicas
Educational Keynotes & Platicas:
Historically Multicultural Fraternity & Sorority Life
Xicanx History/Identity
Barrio Empowerment & Motivation
Free Spirit (Femme & Masc) Identity & Healing
1st Generation College Students
Onboarding & Orientation Programs
Motivation & Empowerment
Leadership Development
Community & Professional Keynotes & Platicas:
Cultural Validity
Igniting the Xicanx Movement
Organizational Development
Gap Analysis of Inequitable Organizations
Community Organizing
Leadership Development