Esteban Orozco is a twin, an uncle, and a second-generation immigrant. He grew up in Mexico and the U.S. and is the son of a Mexican midwife and medicine man. He has lived primarily in the Bay Area and Oregon. He is friendly, empathetic, a pacifist and appreciates healthy consent practices. He enjoys hiking, cooking, doing yoga, traveling and foraging mushrooms. He strives to integrate Western knowledge with indigenous practices in his mental health work.

Esteban grew up practicing herbalism and received a certification in Holistic Nutrition from IIN in 2011. He trained in Trauma Healing Facilitation from Healing Cycles of Harm in 2019. As a Cacao Ceremonial Facilitator in 2020. Also, as a Mental Health First Aid from KLBRI. And is currently working on completing a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Colorado State University. Esteban experienced depression in his late 20’s as he was working through his childhood trauma. He travelled in SE Asia learning and practicing Buddhism, and then later re-connecting to his cultural roots in Mexico. These various forms of healing helped him to process his depression and feel the need to support others in their journeys to recovery.

In 2023, Esteban worked as a Peer Supporter on the Fireside hotline. And is currently a Peer Supporter at Usona Institute. He regularly offers online trauma healing workshops though Rooted in Transcendence (RooT), Healing Clinic Collective (HCC), and the Freedom Community Clinic (FCC). Esteban has a fair amount of experience holding containers for clients who identify as POC/Global Majority, male, Indigenous, trauma survivors, Spanish-speaking, Buddhist practitioners, and LBTQiA+. His focus areas are male healing, intergenerational healing, POC and mixed identity healing, Indigenous decolonizing, shadow work, and various forms of trauma healing.