Who We Are
We are a versatile and multicultural team with years of experience and life lessons from working with the not for profit sector, government, academia, schools, and community based organizations. We are educators, racial healing practitioners, multi-disciplinary artists, coaches, counselors, activists, evaluators, researchers, and not for profit leaders.
Our Team
Partners
Jessica Juarez
Founding Partner
@ Praxis Institute
Fausto López
Founding Partner
@ Praxis Institute
Joshua Prudowsky
Partner @ Praxis Institute
Steven Rosado
Partner @ Praxis Institute
Team
Monimia Macbeth
Creative Programs and Mental Health Specialist @ Praxis Institute
Tere Ayala
Healing Justice Facilitator
@ Praxis Institute
Praxis Alliance
Dr. E Chico
(Chico Consulting)
Lydia Mercer
(Unlearning Space)
Dr. Rafael Inoa
(Inoa Consulting)
What Makes Us Unique
Versatility & Range of Experience
We know people are tired of hiring overly specialized consultants who have knowledge and expertise at only a couple things. We are different. Our team possesses an extraordinary range of professional and lived experience and expertise that allows us to understand, diagnose and successfully address multi layered and complex issues your and your programs might face. We also continue to work directly with youth, leading, designing and facilitating our own youth development programs. We share many of your same experiences and can move with you in real time to come up with solutions that are right for you.
Praxis In Practice
We are passionate about constantly evolving and getting better. We have put together our own internal rigorous systems of continuous improvement. We are constantly curious. We read, we watch, we listen, we learn. We apply those learnings to our practice. Our goal is to achieve the highest quality support, services and products for ourselves, our partners & clients.
Spreading Joy One Good Vibe at a Time
Working with others brings us great joy. We aim to create a positive, upbeat atmosphere that encourages participants to enjoy themselves and be themselves while they learn and develop new skills. We prioritize creating a sense of community and connection among participants where people can be themselves. People learn best when they feel respected, heard and are having fun.
This work is part of our DNA
A common thread between our team is that this has been our lived experience since childhood. We are in this for the long haul and we are all grounded with a deep sense of justice. We have been fortunate to develop a profound level of developmental intuition for the work. It is who we are. This type of work is second nature for us and can’t imagine doing anything else.
We’ve played the game but we choose to operate this way.