About the Co-Facilitators
Minda Sanchez, Death Doula
Minda Sanchez (she/her) is a culture worker who helps people reclaim, remember, and create practices that befriend death as a natural and sacred part of life. She brings her background as a board executive, IT project manager and event planner to help individuals and groups to create rest-of-life plans, coordinate memorial services, convene grief gatherings, and engage in difficult conversations about life and death. She is a Certified Willow End-of-Life Educator, Certified Morning Altars Trainer, graduate of the University of Vermont End of Life Professional Program, and a scholar of Stephen Jenkinson's Orphan Wisdom School. She is co-founder of The Doula Guild, a professional network of death doulas based in Massachusetts, and lives in an intentional community in Boston.
Shirley Riga, Spiritual Director, Death Doula and Trance Healing Medium
Shirley Riga, (she, her) - Over the past four decades, Shirley has cultivated a diverse skill set in the healing arts. She is a Spiritual Director, Certified Psychosynthesis Counselor, Usui Reiki Master Teacher, Trance Healing Medium and Death Doula. Her services include End of Life Planning, Soul readings, Reiki healing, and mentoring/coaching, all aimed at guiding individuals toward self-discovery and healing. She is also an author, Hospice volunteer and workshop facilitator