Dr. Eloise Sepeda (she/her/ella)
Public Speaker, Human Rights Advocate, and Life Coach in United States
NAACP Award & Natl' Crime Victims - Survivor Leader Award & recognized by local, state, and national awards.
Dr. Sepeda is a Latina and Native Roots of the Kickapoo Nation and a child/adult survivor of family & stranger sexual violence, gangs, substance abuse, and homelessness. Despite the high risks of lethal violence and becoming a teen mom, she is resilient. Since 1999, Eloise has used her personal & professional survivor leader experiences to guide her work and advocacy.
As a national SME Restorative-Transformative Justice Practitioner, she believes in decolonizing restorative practices and centering the voices of people who are marginalized and disproportionately overrepresented in carceral systems of oppression, modern-day colonization of family surveillance, and separation. She uses her expertise in Violence and abuse, Intersections of Child Welfare, and multi-systems to advance racial equity and human-centered engagement to promote safety, justice, family preservation, healing, and well-being for every person impacted and/or who caused harm, seeking to make wrongs right.
Dr. Sepeda offers specialized restorative-transformative justice (RJTJ) training and implementation for multidisciplinary services such as Faith-Based and grassroots organizations, Child Welfare, DV/SA/HT agencies, Civil/Criminal court-legal services, communities, and parents/ youth. She serves as Faculty for Futures Without Violence and on the Ujima Women of Color in Leadership Cohort.
*Founder,Harmony One RestorativeJustice |www.bethechange.tools
- National Restorative Justice Practioner, Author, Public Speaker, Trainer
- Certified TBRI Practitioner (Attachment Styles)
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
- Neuro Linguistic Practitioner (NLP)
- Certified Master Professional & Personal Life Coach
- Certified Human Rights Advocate
Community Service & Support:
- Member of ATC Domestic Violence Task Force, Child Welfare Race Equity Collaborative, Central Health Equity Policy Council, Integral Care Adv Committee, TWAIS, Fire Arms/DV Task Force
- Appointed Former CDC, District 2, Travis County
Published Material:
- Coauthored: Restorative Discipline Practices
- Coauthored: Colorizing Restorative Practices, Living Justice Press
- Coauthored curricula with UT Austin & Texas State University (TCOLE)
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