Susan
Misra

Pronouns

She/her

Location

New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA

Organization

Aurora Commons

Website

Demographic Compostion of Leadership

Queer BIPOC

Languages

English

Skills, Expertise, and Areas of Practice

Evaluation and Learning, Racial Equity / DEIB, Strategy Development / Strategic Planning, Coaching, Executive Transitions / Succession Planning, Governance, Embodied Leadership Practice, Change Management Processes, Organizational Development, Liberation / Liberatory Leadership, Shared leadership, and Team Development.

Approaches

Assessment / Tools, Consulting: Long-Term, Consulting: Short-Term / Project-Based, Coaching, Facilitation.

Key Values/Pillars

Weaving liberation for all living beings (human, non-human kin, and the planet).

Values/Pillars Embodied

We align our practices and policies with our values, spending time developing a collective vision, having difficult conversations, and tending to our collective well-being, growth, and liberation.

Worked with LLC In the Past

Yes


Catherine
Labiran

Pronouns

She/her

Location

New York, NY

Organization

Catherine Bisola Labiran Consulting

Website

Twitter & Instagram

Languages

English

Skills, Expertise, and Areas of Practice

Evaluation and Learning, Racial Equity / DEIB, Strategy Development / Strategic Planning, Coaching, Conflict Resolution / Mediation / Transformation, Embodied Leadership Practice, Personal Resilience / Wellness / Self Care / Mindfulness, Narrative and cultural organizing, Liberation / Liberatory Leadership, Healing.

Approaches

Assessment / Tools, Consulting: Long-Term, Consulting: Short-Term / Project-Based, Coaching, Facilitation, Training / Workshops.

Key Values/Pillars

A core pillar of my work is building and nurturing relationships. I care about the people that I have the honor to work alongside and this care is reflected in what we are able to accomplish together. For me, leading from a place of love also means making room for forgiveness, conflict transformation, and grace.

I center rest by creating spaciousness in my offerings and by infusing somatics into the spaces that I create so that we can collectively engage in healing practices. All of my work centers people at the margins — their safety, perspectives, needs, desires and dreams.

Values/Pillars Embodied

My everyday practice involves connecting with my communities both locally and globally. I understand my interdependence with my family and I prioritize nurturing that bond. As I connect with people, I am always interrogating my own intentions to ensure that I am speaking from my deepest well of love and compassion. I make a lot of room to daydream, nap, and sleep — I am most creative and open when I’m rested.

Worked with LLC In the Past

Yes


Ana
Polanco

Pronouns

She/her/ella

Location

New York, NY

Organization

Ana Polanco Coaching

Website

Twitter & Instagram

@coach.ana

Demographic Compostion of Leadership

Afro- indigena or afro-latina

Languages

English/ Spanish

Skills, Expertise, and Areas of Practice

Coaching, Embodied Leadership Practice, Organizational Development, Narrative and cultural organizing, Liberation / Liberatory Leadership, Healing, Team Development.

Approaches

Coaching, Facilitation, Training / Workshops

Key Values/Pillars

– “Yolteotl”- the Nahuatl word for the movements of a divine heart. Our clients are moving hearts. They have often been harmed or experienced a form of dissonance with a world that has refused some part of their identity. By seeing and hearing them, we yoke the heart open.
– Compassion – to fully acknowledge and witness the client’s circumstances, pain, and the pressures of colonization. The coach applies patience, wisdom, warmth, and resolve in the process of transforming that pain into passion.
– Liberation – to be free from the limitations and expectations we have taken on in society. We trust our client’s experience 110%, and we believe in 1 million other possibilities. Clients turn their personal narratives, family dreams, and societal expectations into a pulp that helps them reimagine a new narrative fit for authentic leadership.
– Remembering – We use Indigenous and modern mind-body-energy methodologies from multiple continents to apply movement to a diverse community who needs to remember who they are and find their place in the environment.

Values/Pillars Embodied

They show up in all the work I do and how I engage with partners, clients, and allies. They define my engagement as a person and human being.

Worked with LLC In the Past

No