Carla (she/her) works with conscious change-makers who are ready to deepen their inner, relational, and systemic awareness — in service to how they long to relate to one and other and lead.

Through a process of deconditioning and reclaiming inner wisdom and personal power, clients begin to show up in their work and relationships with greater authenticity, intentionality, and a more embodied awareness of their influence and interconnectedness in the world. 

Carla's practice includes 1-on-1 mentorship, couples work, and group facilitation. In each space, they cultivate the conditions for soul-deep liberation and relational transformation—changes that ripple outward into the broader systems we all inhabit.

Through her unique weaving of awareness-based, trauma-informed and sensory-grounded modalities, Carla brings her enthusiastic and easeful presence to facilitate the creative process of discovering meaning, purpose and beauty seeded within the challenges of daily life.

Outside the professional and academic realm, Carla is a multi-talented artist, expressing herself through music, visual arts, writing, and poetry. Her inquisitive and creative spirit extends to the screen, where she has excelled as a director, producer, and screenwriter of two short films, which have been featured in 25 independent film festivals, garnering 7 awards. 

Committed to diversity awareness education and equity, Carla leads the Belonging and Equity team at the Center for Conscious Living and Dying (CCLD) in Swannanoa, North Carolina.

Carla holds a Certificate in Process Work from The Process Work Institute, an Appreciative Coaching Specialization from IdeIA (Dialogues and Appreciative Inquiry Institute), an International Specialization in Strategic Design (Mónica Herrera School of Strategic Creativity), and a Certificate in Creative Connection® from the Person-Centered Expressive Arts Institute (PCETI). She has also been a student of Tibetan Buddhism for since 2014.

Born in Venezuela with family roots in Colombia and El Salvador, Carla now calls the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina home, where she resides with her husband Carlos since 2022.