Teachers + training
Cheré Suzette Bergeron,
AHN-BC. RN, PHN
“Lineage is both important for me to name, and impossible to track.”
-adrienne maree brown, Emergent Strategy
My first and most influential teachers have been + continue to be:
the land,
our plant + animal kin,
my body,
my ancestors,
my past + future ancestor self,
+ my community.
Training, teachers, certification, and licenses
October 2021
August 2021
August 2021
August 2021
July 2021
January - March 2021
November - December 2020
November 2020
October 2020
2019 - present
2019 - 2020
August 2019
Summer 2019
July 2019
2019
May 2019
April 2019
2017 - 2018
Fall 2018
May 2019
2017 - 2018
2017 - 2018
2016 - 2018
Summer 2016
December 2016
2015
August 2016
Fall 2011
Summer 2015
2006 - 2009
2009
2010 - present
Wendy Makoons Geniusz
Decolonization, Interconnectedness, + the Research Process
Through Seed, Soil + Spirit
Lexie Smith of Bread on Earth
Intuitive Bread Baking: decentralizing + re-centering our dough
Through Herban Cura
Geo Edwards of Nu Healing Arts + Shabina Lafeur-Gangji of Seed, Soil + Spirit
The African Roots of Herbal Energetics: Exploring the Impact and Legacy of Medicine from the Nile Valley
Justin Robinson of Country Gentleman Cooks + Earthseed Land Co-op
Ethnobotany of Southern Foods: How Botany + Conquest Intersect at the Table
Tim Clemons of Ironwood Foraging
Beginner Mushroom Hunting
Karen Bond
Nurse Herbalism / Nurse Herbalist Certificate
Lara Veleda Vesta
Living Ancestral Connection
Tricia Hersey of The Nap Ministry
Rest As a Portal of Healing
Virtual Workshop via Minneapolis Institute of Art
Daniela Reul of Teo Drinks / Kasa Teo
Fermentation Basics
Through Herban Cura
Kari Tauring
Nordic Root Work + Traditions in the Mind, Body, + Spirit:
Dance, Runes, Boundaries, Soul Healing, Dreamwork
Tanya Tresher
Beginning Norsk Language
Mindekerkin Norwegian Lutheran Church Culture + Language Programs
Molly Glasgow of Point Acupressure
Acupressure Neck + Shoulder Release for Bodyworkers
marlee grace
Creativity + Permission
Dru Ish
Astrology Living Room Sessions
Portland School of Astrology
1st Year Astro-Empowerment Program
adrienne maree brown + cohort of co-facilitators
Emergent Strategy Immersion
Registered Nurse (RN) + Public Health (PHN) Licensure
Master of Nursing Program
University of Minnesota
The Death Midwife
Death Midwifery Training + Initiation
Heartwood Institute of Integrative Medicine
Craniosacral Therapy Training and Certification
Adagio Holistic Therapies
Cupping Massage
Green Wisdom School of Natural & Botanical Medicine
Master Clinical Herbalism Program
(3,000 hours of herbal studies, including 700 hours of clinical herbal practice)
Toi Scott, Queering Herbalism
Herbal Freedom School of the School of Liberation & Healing Medicine
Molly Glasgow + Ricardo Levins Morales
Restoring Power: Trauma + Resilience for Organizers
Akhmiri Sekhr-Ra, Cultural Wellness Center
& Millicent Simenson, Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming
The JJ Way® - Commonsense Childbirth Community Outreach Perinatal Educator & Doula Training | Certification
Previously trained through DONA (September 2011) & certified (2014 - 2017)
Martin Bulgerin of the BioPsciences Institute
Astrology
Jessie Belden of The Medicine Tree
Herbal Roots Apprenticeship
Okogyeamon + Margery Otto
ASDIC (Antiracism Study Dialogue Circles) Metamorphosis
Jim & Cecelia Jayme
Herbalism & Spirituality
2010 to present
Bachelor of Arts
University of Minnesota Duluth
Majors: Women's, Gender, + Sexuality Studies + International Studies
Minors: Political Science, + Spanish
Senior Capstones: Feminist Solidarity Studies + Serbian Women in Black’s Peace Activism as Subversion of Gender Roles in Defiance of Nationalism + Empire.
Primary Mentors, Professors, + Advisors:
Beth Bartlett + Susana Pelayo-Woodward
David ‘Niib’ Aubid
Beginning Ojibwe Language
University of Minnesota Duluth