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Our Core Members

The Center for Babaylan Studies is led by a dedicated group of volunteers: a diverse, multi-disciplinary collective bringing together a multitude of skills, talents, experiences, and knowledge. They are academics, communication experts, racial equity strategists, visual artists, data scientists, authors, researchers, grassroots organizers, social entrepreneurs, healers, and educators. They come from a legacy of past volunteer core members (which include the Center's founders), and devote countless hours of their time, expertise, and energy to create engaging programming, meaningful content, and contribute to powerful local and international movements, both in their personal and professional lives, as well as to advance the sacred work and purpose of the Center for Babaylan Studies.

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S. Lily Mendoza

Executive Director

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Alixa Lacerna

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Cisa Payuyo

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Danielle Daguio

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Drew Pineda

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Eric Wilson

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Justine Villanueva

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Kurt Manuel

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Maileen Hamto

Past Core Members

Our deepest gratitude and love to all of the powerful and dedicated kapwa who have served and supported CfBS in varying capacities over the years.

Aimee Gomez

Amala Tala

Christina Verano Sornito Carter

Frances Santiago

Grace Villarin Dueñas

Jana Lynne Umipig

Jen Maramba

Joanna La Torre

Karen Pennrich

Lane Wilcken

Lizae Cervantes Reyes

Lorial Crowder

Mary Hernandez

Mila Anguluan-Coger

Olivia Sawi

Orion Camero

Vanessa Ramalho
Venus Herbito

Check or money order donations can be made out to Center for Babaylan Studies. Please mail to: 

CfBS, c/o Justine Villanueva, 2724 Ottowa Ave., Davis, CA 95615

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It is part of all of us.

It is part of how we rise in the morning, and lay our heads down at night. It is in the way we raise our children, and in how we relate to others. It is in how we pray, and how we see the natural world. It is in how we work and create our livelihood. It is also in how we invest in our communities, our futures, and our world. Every day, you are doing some of the most radical work of self love and self care, and we are on this journey together.

 

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Check or money order donations can be made out to Center for Babaylan Studies. Please mail to: 

CfBS, c/o Justine Villanueva, 2724 Ottowa Ave., Davis, CA 95615

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