Dr. Patty Ramirez, DSW, MSW

Dr. Patty is a transnational social worker, healing-centered facilitator, and founder of KLBRI, a grassroots organization devoted to cultivating ecosystems of care, cultural memory, and collective well-being. A Xicana Indígena and Salvadoran daughter of diaspora, she walks with the medicine of her ancestors, weaving sacred traditions with liberatory practice. For over 15 years, she has guided trauma-informed pathways for justice-impacted families, trained hundreds in the Xinachtli rites of passage, and shaped healing-centered strategies across California and beyond. Her work spans immigrant justice, violence prevention, racial healing, and organizational strategy rooted in wellness and healing justice. Dr. Patty is a tender and fierce space-holder known for conjuring portals of reflection, remembrance, and radical possibility — where our spirits are invited to soften, rise, and reimagine what it means to belong, to heal, and to lead.

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In addition to supporting Healing Together Turtle Island with circle facilitation, Dr. Patty also serves as a Community Knowledge Steward, weaving clinical, cultural, and Indigenous wisdom into healing and research practices, and guiding a participatory approach rooted in dignity, cultural wisdom, and community voice.