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Owner of Amanecer Feminist
Psychotherapy
Age:39
Bio: Ortega is a proud mes-
tiza Chicana who is the sole
proprietor of Amanecer Femi-
nist Psychotherapy. She pro-
vides individual, family and
community-based trauma
healing interventions through
psychotherapy, group training
and organizational consulting.
Amanecer Feminist
Psychotherapy is a business
developed from the core values
of trust in the body's intuiti-
ve capacity to heal and in the
abundance we can create in
collective action. As a trauma-
based therapist and educator,
Ortega's work is centered on
the intersections of sexuality,
race, gender, class and trauma.
She creates space for the whole
self to emerge and be seen. She
is deeply committed to holding
and co-creating healing space
for queer Latinx community
members seeking therapy ser-
vices in New York City.
Ortega has taught courses
focused on anti-oppressive
social work practice for the
past eight years at the Co-
lumbia University School
for Social Work. Ortega has a
background as a community-
based media producer. She
received a bachelor's degree
from Hampshire College and
a master's degree in social
work from Columbia Univer-
sity.
Amelia Ortega
Healing
the deepest
wounds
WORDS OF WISDOM:
"M
i gente– our mental
wellness is a political act.
We have the right to claim our
minds, our bodies as our own-
and to work to heal the wounds of
colonization.
Mental health workers, our
generation has a duty to speak out
against oppression. We are here, we
belong, and we hold the collective
wisdom to heal."
