Amina Jordan-Mendez is an Arts Facilitator, Community Organizer and Poet-Performer of Western Massachusetts.  For over 10 years Amina has created and led arts integration, culturally responsive leadership, and wellness workshops.  Amina has coordinated projects and performed with community-based organizations, and state agencies.  With clinical and holistic training within emotional, cultural and mental health sectors, Amina’s poetry and facilitation ground at the intersections of shared leadership and community care, and spring from a divine passion for community, expression, and healing.