Hi I’m Erna!

I’m passionate about helping Women of Color thrive as they navigate management, work in PWI’s, and discern job transitions.

If you’re ready to lead out of your values, feel more integrated, and get a deeper sense of clarity about your leadership and work- then let’s connect!

About My Coaching

I help women of color, queer women of color, and non-binary folks navigate the complexity of working in predominantly white institutions, non-profits, and transition into management. I want to help you thrive as a leader.

We can explore what it means to lead authentically in the fullness of all your identities, how to reconnect with your intuition. I can equip you with language and frameworks, but the most important thing I do, is help you trust yourself more deeply. My goal is to hold space for you to courageously pay attention to your intuition, desires, and voice.

  • As a mixed Latina pastor in a male and white dominated church setting I was desperate for mentoring and connection with BIWOC leaders. Enter Erna who became my coach and helped me address years of burn out and gaslighting by helping me find my voice again and reconnect with my body. Because of Erna I was also connected to a vast network of amazing BIWOC through Erna's online community, conferences she hosts and cohorts.

    A.C. (32 years old, Mixed Latina & White Canadian)

  • As a Black woman navigating a majority white non-profit, working with Erna taught me how to love, value, and protect my worth despite the toxic nature of my workplace environment.

    Bethaney (31 years old, Black Womxn)

  • Working with Erna was an important part to embracing a liberated theology after a painful season of exiting white evangelicalism. Her intuition, humor and pastoral gifts are healing for me as I’ve found a new way to express my faith.

    Nyam (Black Womxn, 36 years old)

  • My time with Erna has not only been life transforming, but really life sustaining at a very crucial time in my life. It is one thing to hear about being in white spaces, but another to actually experience it. Erna was thoughtful, compassionate, insanely informative and educational, and her priority is to be an advocate for you. She especially is damn hilarious, that is therapy enough for my soul.

    Bi-racial Asian American, late 30's

  • Erna showed up to each session with a gentle and affirming intention to meet me in the moment and deeply listen to me. I immediately felt seen, heard, and valued in a way that was new for me as a WOC. She offered resources, tools, and her own experiences to equip me with head, heart, and body knowledge.

    Elizabeth, non-profit work

  • My initial goal was to start a job search - but through coaching it became clearer that beneath the job search was a larger, big picture, life shift happening too. One of the vivid ways Erna put it is: I'm moving away from the "engine" I've had for so long - obligation - and looking for a new engine (freedom, asking what I want).

    40, Filipina American

  • One of the most impactful changes in my life came with encouragement from Erna to re-evaluate the mindset of how I enter the different circles of my life (work, relationships, faith, etc...). Erna gave me language, visualizations, and techniques to check-in with my body and spirit. Having these new approaches has changed much of my inner dialog and how I show up in my own life. I am now experiencing self-reflection and authenticity in real time. To hear Erna affirm and validate my experiences has given me space to heal, grow, and flourish.

    Black Woman in Healthcare Admin, 41

Who I Work With

BIWOC, Queer BIWOC, and non-binary folks of color

Women/Folks navigating predominantly white spaces and need support and tools because you feel tired and gaslit.

Women/Folks in a season of leadership transition, whether that be work, ministry, or church.

Women/Folks navigating the complexity of moving into management as a WOC/ Person of Color.

Serving on DEI committees in your church or workplace

WOC/Folks looking to launch their own service based business