Disrupting The Dominoes: Episode 2 Featuring Magdalena Diaz, co-founder of Soul Warriors ESD
Magdalena Diaz currently works at one of the country's largest public universities where has worked in Student Affairs since 2017. In her role, she provides trauma-informed responses to issues of sexual misconduct, dating/domestic violence, and stalking throughout the campus community.
She is the co-founder of Soul Warriors ESD, whose goal is to facilitate Empowerment Self Defense workshops through a trauma-informed and decolonial lens.
Magdalena previously served as the Legal Department Manager at a domestic violence advocacy center in Orange County. During that time, she co-developed the Courthouse Advocacy Project, which now serves nearly 1,800 domestic violence survivors each year in Orange County.
She is certified in Mental Health Recovery and Trauma-Informed Care and is also a certified Restorative Justice Facilitator. She is also a level one Empowerment Self Defense Instructor. Magdalena is a first-generation professional who received her BA in Psychology from California State University Long Beach and her MA in Education with a concentration in Counseling at San Diego State University.
She enjoys spending time with her family, fashion, food, traveling, and collecting Starbucks tumblers.
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