Lorien Chavez is the Development and Operations Officer for the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines, and holds a B.A. in Psychology, with a focus on Neurology and Biosciences. She is passionate about the use of sacred plant medicines as a tool for generational epigenetic healing, and has worked as a JEDI advocate for over 10 years looking deeper into how psychedelics may aid in the process of remapping our minds and nervous systems. Lorien is a Certified BDO Nonprofit Accounting Professional (CNAP), and holds a Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies from Naropa University, as well as a Certificate in Psychedelic Therapies and Integration from Vital. Based in New Mexico, she also founded the Itegr8al Project, and works as the COO of CommuniTeas.