Clinical Herbalist, Gardener, Educator, and Community Organizer
Antonia Estela Perez is a Chilean-American clinical herbalist, gardener, educator, and community organizer. Born and raised in New York City, in a first-generation household that nurtured the values and principles of nature appreciation, land tending, interdisciplinary education, and social justice—Antonia’s lifelong passion for herbs and plant medicine helps to bridge the relationships between rural and urban spaces. Antonia combines over 15 years of experience studying and working with plants, with her studies in environmental and urban studies at Bard College, Clinical Herbalism, and learning with herbalists and elders throughout Central and South America. Antonia facilitates workshops and produces events as the founder of Herban Cura: a healing justice herbalism and ecology school which centers the knowledge and stories of Indigenous, Black, Queer, and Trans communities.