Jocelyn Boreta
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Jocelyn Boreta is a community organizer, herbalist and the granddaughter of an Indigenous Farmworker. She is committed to cultivating health equity through culturally centered care.
Yatziry Galvan
Operations Manager
Yatziry Galvan is a daughter, granddaughter, sister, art lover, and nature enthusiast. She comes from a lineage of activists, artisans, and entrepreneurs from Oaxaca, Mexico.
Madalyn Sarena Peratoner Berg
Lead Practitioner and Clinical Herbalism Program Manager
Madalyn Berg (she/ella) is a traditional energetic herbalist, educator, and visual artist. As a bilingual herbalist of mixed Colombian and Mediterranean descent, working for the Bus feels like a homecoming.
Daniela Myers-Guzmán de la Campa
Care Services Program Manager
Daniela Myers-Guzmán de la Campa is a sister, a daughter, an herbalist, an artist, a gardener, an activist, and a tender of people and plants. Raised in a bi-cultural household, she grew up deeply connected to her Mexican roots. Her love for our plant kin is as old as she is.
Marisol Ayala
Clinic Coordinator
Marisol Ayala has joined The Botanical Bus team as the Clinic Coordinator. Originally from Truckee, CA, Marisol was raised in Reno, NV, and Napa, CA, where she now resides. Growing up in a Mexican household, Spanish was her first language, and she began learning English upon entering elementary school.
María “LuLu” de Lourdes Pérez Centurión
Certified Community Health Worker and Founder of Planting Seeds of SelfCare Wellness Workshop Program
María “LuLu” de Lourdes Pérez Centurión is proud of her Purepechas and Veracruzanas roots with Oaxacan embers.
Norma Ricos Saavedra
Certified Community Health Worker and Cofounder of Present to Nourish Us Wellness Workshop Program
Norma Ricos Saavedra is a Promotora de Salud who is deeply dedicated to promoting the benefits of herbal medicine in her community.
Samantha Pérez
Wellness Workshop Coordinator, Certified Community Health Worker and Founder of Caring for the Care Provider Wellness Workshop Program
Samantha Pérez is mom, daughter to LuLu and community health educator. Samantha is passionate about connecting with nature.
Maria Rivera
Certified Somatic Mind-Body Care Provider, Founder of Rest in Breath Wellness Workshop Program
Maria Rivera is a Parent Educator at CPI, Mind-Body Medicine Facilitator, Certified in Imagine You Activity and Reiki Practitioner. Maria’s commitment to this work is rooted in a desire to contribute, to build resilience in her community and to the well-being of all.
Valeria Duffe Unanue
Founder of Conscious Creativity Wellness Workshop Program
Valeria Duffe Unanue, raised in her early childhood in the countryside, influenced her decisions and interests today. By profession, she is a Designer and deeply attracted to spirituality and human psychology, after resigning from her "day job" in 2011, she became certified as a Medical Biomagnetism therapist and is dedicated to teaching art and craft workshops in her Chilean community.
Juliana Jimenez
Certified Community Health Worker and Cofounder of Present to Nourish Us Wellness Workshop Program
Juliana Jimenez joins The Botanical Bus as a Promotora de Salud, with deep intergenerational knowledge and a desire to empower her community. Her personal testimony of the disproportionate impact of Type II diabetes in her home town and Indigenous community, is powerful and her leadership of our diabetes support group invaluable.
Angeles Quiñones
Co-Founder of Botanical Bus and Executive Board Member
Angeles Quiñones is a certified social worker and Promotora de Salud, dedicated to building community health that is connected to the land.
Lily Mazzarella, MS, CNS
Co-Founder of Botanical Bus and Executive Board Member
Lily Mazzarella, MS, CNS, is an herbalist, nutritionist and owner of Farmacopia in Santa Rosa, an apothecary and integrative medical practice.
Adriana Arrizon
Executive Board Chair
Adriana has near 30 years of experience working in the private and public health sectors of Alameda, Stanislaus, Marin, and Sonoma counties.