In addition to her academic and professional training,

Luciana is a certified health coach.

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She is the founder and Executive Director of La Paz International and HumanKind Foundations that have supported Indigenous people and those marginalized since 2002. She has received over a dozen grants from The Bush Foundation, Firefly Scientists Foundation, Maricopa, and more.  Additionally, she has created and led over 100  journeys throughout the world helping people connect with themselves and expand so they can connect with others and the planet. 

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She's an avid outdoorswoman who has run eighteen marathons and completed two ultra marathons. Climbing volcanoes, doing extreme treks, hiking, boxing, hanging out with her husband and their three, very cool and hilarious adult children, reading, doing artwork, friends, and traveling are things that bring Luciana the greatest joy.

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When she's not teaching, coaching, or writing, Luciana spends much of her time working in the field of social justice or pursuing peace issues. She is a strong advocate for people "who seem to be invisible to much of the world."

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Most recently, Dr. Passeri has written her memoir, God's in a Box on My Dresser: An Inquiry into the Human Capacity to Thrive where she takes readers on her journey with God and religion as she traverses childhood abandonment and sexual abuse and an eating disorder that almost killed her. She finds redemption and unlocks the secrets to thriving while living thirty days on a little island in the Peruvian Amazon Jungle.

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Her motto is Step into your power and never turn back.