In a world carrying so much weight, there’s still room to breathe here.
I helps people and organizations do the deep work of culture, healing, and belonging — and brings joy into the room as I do it.
Culturally responsive workplace culture, belonging, and connection built into how teams actually work.
Culturally responsive care and community-based healing for the people who hold space for others.
Helping organizations and communities create more culturally responsive, inclusive, and connected spaces.
Cultural responsiveness • Immigration & belonging • Cross-cultural communication • Workplace & community culture • Culturally responsive mental health • Community engagement
Helping people and communities make room for joy while navigating difficult realities.
Joy as Resistance & Restoration • Joy during difficult times • Movement & embodied joy • Connection & community • Rest and restoration • What brings us back to ourselves
Join me Monday mornings for 30 minutes of movement, mindfulness, reflection, and connection—a little space to pause, reconnect with yourself, and rediscover what brings you joy.
Mondays · 10:00–10:30 AM ET
The world is carrying a lot right now. Violence, displacement, uncertainty, and division affect how we live, work, and relate to one another. In difficult times, joy can easily become something we put aside or lose along the way.
Nuna's work brings together cultural responsiveness and joy. She helps organizations and communities better understand one another, create stronger cultures of belonging, and make room for the things that keep us human — connection, movement, laughter, rest, and joy.
We can take difficult things seriously without allowing them to take every beautiful part of being alive. We can do the hard work and still make room for joy.
I am a Kenyan-born, Maine-based, endlessly curious about people, culture, and what makes us feel alive.
My work often brings me close to serious things: violence, injustice, cultural differences, displacement, and the complicated ways we try to live and work together. But somewhere along the way, I learned that I don’t want difficult things to have all of me.
So I make room for joy.
I dance. I move. I disappear into the forest. I love my solitude. I practice gratitude. I laugh loudly. I stay connected to my culture. And I keep asking myself and the people I work with a question that has become very important to me:
What brings you back to yourself?
That curiosity — about culture, humanity, joy, and how we find our way back to ourselves — is at the heart of how I speak, facilitate, teach, and live.
— What People Say
"It is such a pleasure to be in one of Nuna's sessions — right away, Nuna creates a joyful and exciting atmosphere that is absolutely contagious! Our group had so much fun in her sessions, and everyone felt safe to share ideas, dance, let loose, and be themselves."
"To work with Nuna is to encounter a champion of the silenced and marginalized who moves those community members to the center, not just in words but action."
"Nuna is a skilled trainer and convenor dedicated to engaging individuals, organizations, and businesses in the work of preventing violence and supporting survivors."
"Nuna spoke at our 2025 Spring Academy & Conference, and she was a very engaging speaker — encouraging generosity through storytelling, transparent leadership, and gratitude."
Community-centered movement, connection, and wellness, with a particular commitment to making movement accessible to immigrant and multicultural communities.
