Ayurveda Practitioners
Born in Argentina, raised in Los Angeles - Erica Rey combines her years organizing within the immigrant rights movement, her training in alternative medicine and her life-long creative practice together for programming, consulting and healing work that is unique, rooted and versatile. Upon graduating from UCLA, Erica was sought by Senator Maria Elena Durazo and was appointed Director of Youth Programming at the Miguel Contreras Foundation (MCF) to create social justice programming for immigrant communities. Her experience as an activist and curriculum developer, alongside her training in wellness counseling and Ayurvedic medicine has gained her trust for ongoing consultancies at nationally recognized progressive organizations such as California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance, Chuco's Justice Center, MCF, and SHIFT. A leading voice in healing justice work, Erica has been invited for speaking and teaching engagements at LA-USC Wellness Center, InnerWayLa, Peace Over Violence, California Conference for Equity and Justice, Southern California University of Health Sciences, and The African American Policy Forum. Since 2018, Erica has been commissioned each year by UCLA’s Wesley Foundation to create a Healing Justice Series for UCLA students for which she currently serves as professor. In 2019, Erica was awarded the UMC grant to create No Estan Solos, a multidisciplinary healing and advocacy program for refugee youth.
Erica serves as lead Ayurvedic Practitioner at WeSpark Cancer Support making her the youngest woman to ever serve as lead Ayurvedic Practitioner in an integrative health center for cancer patients and survivors. Erica also practices Ayurvedic medicine and counseling at Golden Folk Healing Center, offering a comprehensive practice for Women's health. In addition, Erica is faculty for Ayurveda, Healing Justice and Trauma Informed Yoga for acclaimed yoga teacher trainings at various studios, including her resident location People's Yoga RYT. In 2019, Erica founded the Women’s Healing Course, a series inspired by the intersection of race, gender and healing that has been offered all throughout California and, due to national recognition, is being offered virtually to global audiences.
Erica is informed by her background as a seasoned writer and performer. She is a founding member of the Dancing Diaspora Collective, a collective of POC artists and healers dedicated to honoring, sharing, and reimagining practices of the Latin & African diasporas in dialogue with local and global histories of cultural resistance. Most recently, her solo work “I am my Mother’s Daughter” about mothers and migration has been performed for over 8,000 people at UCLA’s historic Pauley Pavilion and has been selected for KPCC’s Unheard LA live series.
