Barbara Saldana

Barbara Saldana (she/they) is a queer Indigenous Mexica-Nahua immigrant, herbalist, peer supporter, abortion doula, cultural and community worker, and mom. They hold a BA in Women’s Studies and minors in Immigration Studies and Diversity and the Contemporary World from Concordia University. Barbara is the co-founder and lead facilitator of Plant Wisdom, an intergenerational and intra-diasporic initiative that fosters knowledge exchange and solidarity-building among diasporic communities in Tio’Tia:ke / Montreal by sharing herbal medicine, food traditions, and eco-justice advocacy.