Dr. Ricardo Sánchez, a clinical mental health counselor, facilitator, and professor, is certified in grief, loss, and life transitions. Dr. Sánchez teaches university courses related to individual and family service delivery, and counseling families of diverse cultural backgrounds. His professional experience includes providing culturally responsive humanitarian counseling in post-disaster emergencies; domestic and sexual violence prevention and intervention, and immigrant family reunification. Dr. Sánchez's goal is to guide/coach individuals toward a transformative experience of renewal, emotional self-regulation, well-being, and self-discovery. He achieves this by integrating evidence-based and nature-based healing modalities. Dr. Sánchez is a practitioner of the Andean healing arts and Indigenous ways of knowing; and has been leading retreats and journeys to Peru since 2005. Through his academic journey, he has authored and edited publications covering diverse subjects, including family well-being, immigrant families, resilience, and the significant contributions of Indigenous knowledge to family welfare.

Kathy Sanchez is an astrologer, wellness coach, and bilingual health and nutrition communication professional with over 30 years of experience in international development and public health. A former journalist, she produces daily astrology videos, writes a daily astrology blog, and has written and edited publications on topics such as mindful eating, whole-person health, various complementary and integrative health modalities, nutrition, and many others.

Kathy is passionate about helping people optimize their strengths, maximize the potential of relationships—including across cultures—and integrate mastery of self and relationships into their life success and health, as each person uniquely defines these. Kathy has an M.S. in Nutrition, an MBA, and a BA in International Relations, and she loves to dance, hiking, weightlifting, reading, deep conversations, being in nature, and the esoteric arts.  She has been a practitioner of the Andean tradition since being initiated in 2005.